Police say man struck and killed by car was lying in the roadway
Oct 12, 2025, 12:50 PM
Seattle police say a car struck and killed a man who was lying in the street near MLK Way S. & Rainier Ave. S. Friday night. (Photo: Seattle Police Dept.)
(Photo: Seattle Police Dept.)
Seattle police say a man struck and killed by a car Friday night was lying in the road, next to a very busy intersection.
Detectives with the police department’s Traffic Collision Investigation Squad are still trying to figure out why he was lying in the roadway.
They say around 10:45 p.m., 911 dispatchers received reports about a car-versus-pedestrian collision.
Police say it involved a 31-year-old man.
Investigators say a person lying in the road was hit near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. and Rainier Ave. S., one of the busiest intersections in the city of Seattle.
A Seattle Fire crew arrived and medics started providing medical attention to the victim.
Despite efforts to save the his life, he did not survive.
Medics pronounced him deceased at the scene.
Seattle officers condoned off the area so that investigators could begin processing evidence from the crash area.
Detectives believe the car that hit the man was on MLK Jr. Way S., headed in the southbound direction.
They say it appears the driver fatally struck the victim after driving across all six lanes of Rainier Ave. S.
The driver was cooperative with police investigators.
Police evaluated him and found no evidence he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Officers did not arrest the driver.
Authorities say the King County Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy on the victim’s body to determine the cause and manner of death.
Officials have not released the identity of the man killed.
Police are asking anyone with information about what happened or who was a witness to the fatal collision, to call the Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigation Squad, at (206) 684-8923.
