Just when you thought I was done writing about drones—er, quadcopters—comes this news (via the Seattle Times):

A woman was knocked unconscious Sunday when she was struck by a small drone during the Pride parade in downtown Seattle.

The 25-year-old woman was standing near Fourth Avenue and Madison Street when the 18-inch-by-18-inch drone crashed into a building and fell into the crowd, striking the woman in the head, according to Seattle police. The woman’s boyfriend caught her as she fell to the ground.

According to the report, the drone weighs about 2 pounds and retails for about $1,200. The drone's operator is still at large, although the victim's friend gave police photographs of the man believed to have been piloting the aircraft.

As we've previously reported, it's illegal to fly drones in city (and King County) parks but legal to fly them everywhere else (as long as their operators adhere to FAA guidelines). And the Seattle police and city attorney's office don't enforce drone usage unless they're used to commit a crime. (It's unclear whether they would pursue a case in which a person committed a crime unintentionally.) The city attorney's office has also admitted that laws are woefully behind technology.