A crash involving a cement truck and three other vehicles closed all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes on Aurora Avenue Friday. Just after 2 pm, the cement truck overturned on Aurora Avenue near 72nd Street, and struck two pickup trucks and a passenger car. The cement truck driver, a man in his 30s, was [...]
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Sound Transit/Pedestrian Collision in South Seattle
An 86-year-old woman sustains life-threatening injuries after being struck by a Sound Transit light rail train today. At approximately 1:58 p.m. officers responded to 911 reports of a female pedestrian involved in a collision with a Sound Transit light rail train at South Graham Street and MLK Way Jr. Way South. Preliminary investigation indicates that a [...]
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15th Avenue Bridge Closed After Possible Explosives Found In Encampment (UPDATED)
Police have closed the 15th Avenue bridge in the Ravenna neighborhood after two suspected pipe bombs were found near the bridge this morning. Around 10am this morning, a city employee found two suspected pipe bombs in an encampment in Ravenna Park near the bridge—around 15th Avenue NE and NE Cowen Pl—and called police. SPD’s Arson/Bomb [...]
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Semi truck strikes man in wheel chair
Just shortly after 1:00 a.m. this morning an unmarked SPD detective unit onviewed an adult male double amputee lying in the intersection of 12 Av/E Cherry St. (previous condition, not a result of this collision) At the same time, they noticed a semi truck travelling west on E. Cherry St away from the male. The detectives stopped [...]
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