10:07 PM: A water-rescue response – on land and sea – is on the way to the 1300 block of Alki [map], where a car is reported to have gone into the water. Whether anyone’s still inside it is not known yet. Updates to come.
(Reader photo)
10:11 PM: Police on the scene report “no one seriously injured here,” saying the vehicle has “gone completely over the embankment.” Apparently the car is on the rocks, NOT in the water.
10:18 PM: Added reader photo looking over the scene. According to cross-reference of the license plate mentioned on police radio, the vehicle is an F-150 pickup.
10:26 PM: The water-rescue response was canceled since it was on the rocks, not submerged. This is the same block where a driver was rear-ended and pushed into the water last year.
(WSB photo)
11:23 PM: We went to the scene for a closer look. The front grille of the truck is right up against the top of the seawall. Police were awaiting a tow truck to lift it off the rocks.
ADDED SATURDAY: Finally got a summary from SPD:
Police determined that a vehicle was driving at a high rate of speed in the 1300 BLK of Alki Avenue Southwest before the driver struck a sign and drove over an approximately eight-foot drop. The vehicle was partially on the rocks, and partially on the ledge.
Police and the Seattle Fire Department arrived to check for injuries, and they cleared the vehicle; it was unoccupied. Officers spoke to several witnesses and community members that were present yet is unknown who was driving the vehicle. Any injuries the driver may have sustained are unknown.
If you have any info, the incident # is 24-330216.
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