MYNORTHWEST NEWS

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.

Please follow our Community Guidelines

MyNorthwest News

US Department of Education...

KIRO 7 News Staff

WA superintendent responds to ‘sham’ investigation by US Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education is requesting information from California and Washington on what it called “transgender policies” in schools.

4 hours ago

sound transit 3 ballard light rail 2042...

Frank Lenzi

Ballard light rail ‘not dead’: Sound Transit targets 2042 for Market Street service

The Ballard light rail is not dead, according to Seattle City Councilmember and Sound Transit Board Member Dan Strauss.

4 hours ago

seattle police bodycam bite of seattle shooting...

Julia Dallas

VIDEO: Police release bodycam footage from Bite of Seattle shooting, arrest

The Seattle Police Department released bodycam footage from a gang-related mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle on Sunday.

5 hours ago

shon barnes (4)...

Luke Duecy

The Spin: Former SPD chief’s Bite of Seattle news conference was a crisis communications masterclass

Former SPD Chief Barnes used a textbook crisis communications strategy during a news conference following the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting.

6 hours ago

manhunt mill creek I-5...

Frank Lenzi

Manhunt near I-5 in Mill Creek: Deputies, K-9 search for suspect who may have stolen firearm

A manhunt is underway near I-5 in Mill Creek after a suspect stole items from a vehicle — potentially including a firearm — and fled on foot into a wooded area, Snohomish County sheriff's officials said.

7 hours ago

Katie Wilson presser 1...

Julia Dallas

‘I have a different window than they do’: Wilson responds to council criticism over Barnes’ departure as Andre Sayles named interim chief

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson defended her decision to remove Shon Barnes as chief of the Seattle Police Department.

8 hours ago

Seattle firefighters rescue driver who crashed into building