Update: Truck crash on 1st S. Bridge ramp; driver ‘banged up’

6:23 PM: A crash reportedly involving a semi is affecting traffic going to the northbound 1st Avenue South Bridge from the Highland Park/South Park end (map). More to come.

7:02 PM: Adding a photo WSB contributor Deanie Schwarz sent – you can see the truck was on its side right by the under-construction transfer station. Going to check on the status, since we haven’t heard anything new.

(Photo courtesy Mike)
7:23 PM: A tow truck is working right now to get the truck upright; ramp still closed.

10:15 PM: WSDOT says the ramp was re-opened by 9 pm.

ADDED THURSDAY MORNING: We checked with Seattle Fire Department spokesperson Kyle Moore to ask about injuries: Moore says, “The force of the crash knocked out the windshield to the truck cab. When our firefighters arrived, they helped the man out through the windshield area of the cab. He suffered minor injuries, just bruising and banged up a but he is okay. AMR transported him to Harborview as a precaution. The semi-truck did leak fuel. We threw down absorbent material to pick up the fuel.” (Note: AMR is the private ambulance service – when you see the white vehicles with red trim at incident scenes, that’s usually what it is, and it usually means injuries are NOT life-threatening.)

8 Replies to "Update: Truck crash on 1st S. Bridge ramp; driver 'banged up'"

  • k July 27, 2011 (6:26 pm)

    Huge response–
    many news helicopters.
    Our dinner in HP has been slowed down considerably.

  • jeff July 27, 2011 (6:29 pm)

    Just drove through SB on bridge, traffic moving fine. 3 news choppers hovering.

  • zephyr July 27, 2011 (9:44 pm)

    So…is that what the new building under construction is—between 509 and West Marginal Way? A transfer station? It’s huge–very tall and long–almost like an airplane hangar. Do you have any links to it with more information? Thanks, ~z

    • WSB July 27, 2011 (9:52 pm)

      Zeph, we’ve actually gotten that question at least once a week for two months. So while we were out checking on the crash tonight we spotted a good angle for a full pic. Story coming up next, and it’ll include project links. – TR

  • zephyr July 27, 2011 (10:14 pm)

    Thanks. I remember the first time I noticed it this summer and being blown away at the scale of the thing. Suddenly that part of the sky was being covered up. Maybe it’s for dirigibles… ~z

  • I. Ponder July 27, 2011 (10:14 pm)

    I was there on my bicycle, commuting home shortly after it happened. Glad I wasn’t there when it happened.

  • miws July 27, 2011 (10:54 pm)

    Heard all of the emergency vehicles, and saw (and heard) all of the news choppers, down here at Nickelsville.

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    Now Patrick is probably…..ummm…..pondering why I’d call the WSB newsline about one, lonely old decrepit chopper appearing to be circling over Westwood Village earlier in the day, and not call in about three TV News choppers circling over an area
    soon after what sounded like half of the entire SFD responded to.

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    Well, unfortunately this all happened during our nightly Camp meeting!

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    Mike

  • Tami July 29, 2011 (9:04 am)

    The large structure is the new garbage tranfer station building. Another one is going up along I-5 just south of Southcenter

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