Update: Landslide Damages Two Vehicles Near Hollywood Schoolhouse

Update 11 a.m. Thursday: Bernice Schick added her experience of the landslide on Woodinville Patch's Facebook page. She said she was just coming around the curve when she saw a car stopped with flashers down the road.

and then I saw branches moving on the hillside, Schick wrote.

She also said she's not surprised that it happened.

My greatest fear driving on this stretch of road from the roundabout up past the flashing light is a tree falling on my car. Big sloped hillside with trees hanging over very precariously.

Leah Fliss Vieira said she has watched and wondered when that stump up the hill would come down for a couple of years now.

Yesterday, I noticed some loose gravel and thought "well, soon". My neighbor and husband had also noticed this yesterday. Now I wish I had called someone about it. I just didn't think it would happen that fast. Sorry to the two cars. What a fright for them.

Do you think more can and/or should be done to try and prevent landslides in this and other areas? Tell us in comments.

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A landslide damaged vehicles and caused the closure of NE 146th Place near the Hollywood Schoolhouse Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.

At about 10:15 a.m., Woodinville Fire and Rescue responded to the landslide, which came down across the road heading up to Hollywood Hill east of the Hollywood Schoolhouse roundabout – in the 15200 block of NE 146 Place. It happened about four blocks outside the Woodinville city limits.

Tree stumps and other vegetation debris hit two vehicles that were driving on the road at the time, David Weed, community officer for Woodinville Fire and Rescue said. A Suburban reportedly was struck by the landslide and pushed into another car causing damage to both vehicles. Occupants in the vehicles were evaluated for minor injuries at the scene, Weed said. 

As a result of the slide, the road was closed for several hours. King County Public Works responded to the location to evaluate the hillside and clean up the landslide.