Comments on: Police investigation under the West Seattle Bridge

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:26:24 +0000

Sad sad sad!!!!

By: WSB

WSB — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:49:50 +0000

His death is listed on the Medical Examiner’s media report for today, which says he was 28 years old.
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(editor’s later note – a relative has subsequently told us he was 27)

By: panda

panda — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:53:12 +0000

If you are determined to jump then you are determined to walk to the part of the bridge where there isn’t a fence… or a different bridge. So Sad. A helpline sign ON the bridge would not be a bad idea.

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:50:26 +0000

So sad. Thank you for adding the help line number!!

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:29:38 +0000

Sorry but a fence does help. If it stops just ONE life, it works. And not everyone will reach out for help. Sometime that’s the last thing on their minds. RIP.

By: WSB

WSB — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:27:28 +0000

Generally the only information we will have will be if the Medical Examiner releases identification – in which case I would update here generally with a gender/age. Sometimes families/friends find stories like this one and choose to comment. But so far, no, we don’t know anything else.

By: Nitro

Nitro — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:09:21 +0000

Any more info? So sad.

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:17:48 +0000

CA, that person finally came home. The story all unfolded through comments on the original report:
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http://westseattleblog.com/2012/10/rescue-response-off-lower-west-seattle-bridge#comments

By: ca

ca — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:15:01 +0000

wonder if it was the motorcyclist who jumped few months back? Unless they recovered him and I miss that…so sad, RIP to the person. :(

By: panda

panda — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:23:29 +0000

Very sad. I don’t believe putting up a fence is a solution. If you are depressed tell someone and reach out for help.

By: westcoastdeb

westcoastdeb — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:18:53 +0000

RIP, whatever the case.

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:25:47 +0000

Ereljo – The 12:14 am crash was definitely unrelated. I had to make a quick trip downtown at that hour and passed the crash in both directions – it was on the eastbound highrise. (Tweeted about it but it wasn’t causing a backup at that hour and no serious injuries were reported, so I didn’t write a separate story.) Same crash to which Diane is referring.

By: ereljo

ereljo — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:09:14 +0000

There is a car accident listed on the Seattle Fire Real-Time 911 website at 12:14 AM this morning… Not sure if that is separate from this incident though. Didn’t see any other West Seattle Bridge incidents on the log but this site is just for 911 calls I think.

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:51:28 +0000

4:30 am was mentioned by someone who talked to police before we did.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:41:51 +0000

by “early this morning”, do you mean like right after midnight? after babysitting on Beacon Hill last night, I had to take one of the long detours home, so came back over wsbridge after midnight, maybe closer to 1am and there were about 5 police cars with lights flashing sitting on eastbound side; saw at least 1 vehicle, but too dark/foggy to see what it was about; and since there was nothing on wsblog about it when I got home, figured it was nothing serious