Update: Parked pickup rolls downhill toward apartment building

November 24, 2009 at 8:42 pm | In WS breaking news, West Seattle news | 4 Comments

(photo added 9:45 pm)
ORIGINAL 8:42 PM REPORT (when the headline mentioned “heavy rescue call”): Scanner says it’s a report of a car over an embankment into a building at Avalon/Genesee (map). On our way to check. Meantime, scanner says first responders report “no injuries” but they’re checking on the status of the building and the car. 8:49 PM: En route for a firsthand look but in the meantime, police now think it was a parked car that rolled over an embankment. 9:04 PM: This is actually downhill from Avalon/Genesee, 4700 block of 30th SW. It’s a pickup truck that rolled into an apartment building. Doesn’t look so far like major damage to the building. Tow truck has arrived to pull the damaged vehicle away. 9:45 PM UPDATE: Adding photos; the pickup’s been towed up and away. The driver told us and a couple TV crews that his truck wouldn’t start, so he popped the hood to have a look, and thought he had the emergency brake on, but apparently not. The downslope apartment building, by the way, wasn’t damaged.

4 Comments

  1. Surprised it wasn’t that hideous van on Avalon that’s sticking out into the street.

    Comment by BLD — November 24, 09 10:45 pm #

  2. Yeah van is weird parked sideways almost. If u live nearby u can call abandoned vehicle line n report it (206) 684-8763. They’ll want address license # etc. so be prepared.

    Comment by Rockergirl — November 25, 09 6:12 am #

  3. You can also report vehicles online @ seattle.gov

    Comment by aye jay — November 25, 09 10:03 am #

  4. Imagined train of thought before the accident:
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    “So which one of these pops the hood and which is the brake?? Oops, guess that was the brake…”

    Comment by JumboJim — November 25, 09 11:08 am #

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