Train kills pedestrian in collision in Seattle
Jan 21, 2025, 6:30 PM | Updated: Jan 22, 2025, 11:03 am
Seattle Police and Seattle Fire response vehicles arrive at the scene of a train v. pedestrian collision in Seattle. (Screenshot courtesy of SDOT's traffic camera network)
(Screenshot courtesy of SDOT's traffic camera network)
A train collided with a pedestrian in Seattle at Broad Street and Alaskan Way, the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) reported.
Medical crews with SFD responded to the scene, but determined the victim of the collision died on impact. The train hit the pedestrian just after 10 a.m.
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Crews are responding to reports of a train collision with a pedestrian at Broad St. and Alaskan Way. Please avoid the area.
— Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) January 21, 2025
According to a post in the Seattle Police Department’s SPD Blotter, officers determined the man was walking west on Broad Street and waited as the train moving south went by. While he walked across the tracks, he was unaware of the incoming train going north and was fatally struck.
The train engineer told officers he was traveling 15 miles per hour and was just two miles away from his final destination.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) reported in the online post its officers did not conduct a criminal investigation at the scene.
The Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) collected video evidence corroborating the series of events that occurred, the SPD wrote. If anyone has information about this case, they are asked to contact TCIS at 206-684-8923.
Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest and producer of the Seattle Seahawks podcast, “The Reset with Gee Scott.” You can read his stories here and you can email him here.
