West Seattle traffic alert: Car hits pole, Sylvan Way blocked

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(Photo added 11:30 pm)
10:33 PM: A crash has brought down a pole and wires at Delridge/Sylvan (map), so police are blocking Sylvan at Holly. A medic unit’s now being called.

11:15 PM: The crash is nowhere near Delridge – it’s along the greenbelt area of Sylvan, halfway between Forest Lawn (WSB sponsor), where police have a roadblock on the north side, and the Vietnamese Cultural Center across from Home Depot, where the south roadblock is. So the Delridge-to-35th route through High Point is cut off till City Light finishes repairs. Police said some power was out as a result of the crash, though nothing’s showing on the City Light map; some of the street lights did appear out as we hiked in. The crashed car itself is off the road, so the roadblock is purely for safety reasons.

ADDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON: While Ken noted in comments that the road was still blocked at 8 am, we drove through at noon, so it’s clear now.

heard it July 2, 2011 (10:54 pm)

We heard the crash and called 911 – one police car showed up 12 minutes later and the ambulance 13 minutes after the police car. A neighbor who went down to the crash said the driver (no passenger) appeared intoxicated but uninjured.

WSB July 2, 2011 (11:32 pm)

HI, that’s what scanner traffic indicated. The medic unit was because of the driver’s, shall we say, general state of health, rather than actual crash injuries. Glad you were able to call 911 – I hiked in from Forest Lawn and that is definitely the “someone could go off the road and not be seen” stretch of Sylvan! – TR

Ken July 3, 2011 (11:24 am)

sylvan way was still blocked as or 8 am sunday

WSB July 3, 2011 (11:56 am)

Really! Thanks. Must be/have been difficult to fix. It did finally turn up on the outage map, but that is clear now, so I hope it means it’s finally cleared – we’re going back out in a bit and will check – TR

SaraJeanQueen July 3, 2011 (12:54 pm)

Ambulance 25 minutes after the phone call? Hmm.

WSB July 3, 2011 (2:20 pm)

The person was not seriously hurt in the car crash, but was reported to be intoxicated and in need of medical attention related to that, according to scanner traffic. Medic units are not routinely dispatched to scenes like this until it’s determined they’re needed – TR

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