UPDATE: Rescue response for car-on-side crash at 39th/Raymond

8:47 PM: Seattle Fire is sending a “rescue extrication” response to the 5900 block of 39th SW [map] for a crash involving a vehicle reported to be on its side. Updates to come.

8:50 PM: The vehicle on its side is said to be a pickup truck that went sideways after hitting a parked vehicle “at high speed,” dispatch has told officers.

8:53 PM: Responders on scene confirm the driver is trapped in the truck and will have to be extricated.

8:57 PM: The driver is reported to be a suspect police were seeking in an earlier domestic-violence incident.

9:07 PM: Firefighters have finished cutting him out of the truck.

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9:22 PM: He’ll be taken to Harborview.

ADDED TUESDAY MORNING: The driver, 39, was in critical condition when transported, SFD spokesperson Kaila Lafferty tells WSB.

~Hockeywithc~ September 30, 2024 (9:10 pm)

Hope no one else or any other auto was hurt/damaged in his high speed idiocy… And glad they caught who they were looking for. Hope his DV victim is alright.

WSB September 30, 2024 (9:24 pm)

I haven’t heard of anyone else hurt (will be verifying that with SFD) but at least one other vehicle was reported damaged.

Astrocat October 1, 2024 (10:10 am)

Many living nearby heard this accident. Before the crash there were other sounds – huge thumps, tearing, groaning metallic sounds, the crash and then silence. No sounds of braking at all, however. This is a well-walked sidewalk at all times of the day and it is fortunate that no one was on it at that exact time for this truck was traveling at high speed down the sidewalk and parking strip. Someone could easily have been killed. This fellow used so many resources – there were numerous responders (over a dozen?), and at least 3 fire engines. The car that stopped the out-of-control driver was totaled, but that kept it from hitting other cars parked farther down and crossing into Fauntleroy. Old smaller trees living in the parking strip in the truck’s path were pulled out. Fluids leaked down the street. One impaired driver caused a lot of damage, and made a lot of work for people. It could easily have been worse.

WS Morgan Res. October 1, 2024 (8:42 pm)

We live on 39th a few blocks south from this crash site. 39th is often used as a shortcut from Morgan to Fauntleroy. Excessive speed is normal down our very narrow, one lane street. Over the years, we had one of our cars totalled. Two cars sideswiped, and had to replace at least 6 rear view mirrors. Each one of my neighbors has had the same experience. Seattle DOT has not been sympathetic to our concerns, unfortunately. If you use this “shortcut” please slow down!

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