At 10:39 AM on Wednesday morning, Seattle Fire units responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian collision on 35th Ave NE, just south of the intersection at NE 75th St.
Picture of the scene taken 50 minutes after the collision by local resident Lacia Lynne Bailey. Seattle Fire units had long since moved on, but SPD traffic investigators kept the street closed off while they worked.
The Seattle Fire Department reported on twitter that they had transported a male in his 20s to Harborview Medical Center. The victim was in “critical condition with heavy trauma.”
As for the incident itself, the Seattle Police Department Blotter described the circumstances this way:
At 10:39 am this morning a man got off a Metro coach and stepped into the southbound lanes of 35th Avenue NE. He was struck by a car driving south on 35th and sustained life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the man was evaluated at the scene by Drug Recognition Experts, as is routine with incidents like this. The driver showed no obvious signs of impairment and was released from the scene just after 1 PM. Dectectives from the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad were still processing the scene as of 1:26 PM, but said that the street “should reopen within the hour.”
We will update this post when we find out more information on the circumstances of the collision and/or updates on the man’s condition.
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