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Seattle firefighters rescue driver who crashed into building

Dec 1, 2014, 12:06 PM | Updated: 4:32 pm

A 50-year-old man has been transported to Harborview Medical Center after crashing into a building ...

A 50-year-old man has been transported to Harborview Medical Center after crashing into a building in south Seattle. (Seattle Fire image)

(Seattle Fire image)

The Seattle Fire Department has extricated the driver of a car that crashed into a building in south Seattle late Monday morning.

Spokesman Kyle Moore says the driver was trapped after his car flipped over and crashed into the building in the 5500 block of E. Marginal Way S.

No other injuries were reported and there is no word on the cause.

The 50-year-old driver was transported to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition.

The accident closed two lanes of northbound E. Marginal Way, causing widespread backups.

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