(Photos by WSP Sgt. Courtney Stewart)
1:34 AM: More West Seattle Bridge exit ramp trouble. This time, a motorcycle has crashed and both people riding it are hurt. It happened at the exit to southbound I-5 on the east end of the bridge. The State Patrol says one person is in critical condition, one in serious condition, and the exit is closed.
1:45 AM: Update from WSP via Twitter: The motorcycle’s driver has died. The passenger is still described as in serious condition and was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
5:08 AM: WSP says the passenger’s life was saved by netting:
Update: passenger of motorcycle was ejected and landed on netting, which saved her. DOT placed netting to prevent… pic.twitter.com/aKxYGOd9pm
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) August 27, 2014
to prevent debris from landing below the freeway.
— Trooper Chris Webb (@wspd2pio) August 27, 2014
The ramp is now open again.
ADDED 9:45 AM: According to the WSP “media memo” with additional information, the man who was killed was 32 years old and from Kent; the woman who survived is 22 and from Puyallup. WSP’s preliminary investigation information in the same e-mail says the motorcycle “took exit ramp to southbound I-5 and failed to negotiate curve, ejected driver and passenger, and came to rest in (the) roadway.”
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