CRIME WATCH: Man arrested on Harbor Island for deadly hit-run on Highway 99 offramp (Monday updates)

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9:41 AM: Police say a suspected hit-run driver is in custody after a deadly collision early today near the West Seattle Bridge. Here’s what SPD just published:

A 66-year-old man was killed early Saturday in a pedestrian hit-and-run on the SR-99 to Spokane Street off-ramp.

SDOT received reports of an object on the off-ramp. The Seattle Response Team was dispatched and confirmed the object was an unresponsive man. SDOT immediately called for police and Seattle Fire Department medics to respond.

Officers arrived shortly before 4 a.m. and found the man with a significant head injury. Seattle Fire Department pronounced the man deceased at the scene.

Police secured the area, and detectives with the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad responded to investigate. Detectives determined the man had been struck by a hit-and-run driver. During the investigation, officers located a vehicle in the area with front-end damage and arrested a 53-year-old man in connection with the fatal hit-and-run.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad at 206-684-8923. Incident Number: 2025-258906

Regarding a specific location, a reader whose tip we were just starting to investigate said the “offramp from westbound viaduct to low bridge” was blocked during the investigation. We don’t yet know exactly where the suspect was found but will update when we do.

10 AM: According to police-radio archives, the suspect was arrested outside Vigor Shipyard on Harbor Island, after the car “with significant damage” was found there following an anonymous tip called in to police.

MONDAY AFTERNOON: The suspect remains in jail; as of this morning Seattle Police had not referred the case to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, so he might not have a hearing today. Meantime, the Medical Examiner has identified the victim as 66-year-old Ghide H. Hadgu.

MONDAY EVENING: The suspect has been released.

Seattlite September 6, 2025 (12:06 pm)

How tragic. Good work by SPD in finding the negligent driver.

Delridge Neighbor September 7, 2025 (6:54 am)

There have been many more people than usual fishing on the bridge to Harbour Island all week, one morning over 100 fishermen. I’m not sure what they are catching? There must be a big fish run happening. There are cars and people in unexpected places east of the low bridge and fishermen who are walking across the offramp to get to their cars parked on the south side under the bridge. Many drivers race through that area like it’s a freeway, which unfortunately ended in tragedy for the pedestrian who got hit. RIP fisherman.

bolo September 7, 2025 (10:30 am)

Are you really certain it was a fisherman? Per the SPD report, looks like this happened before 4 AM.

Admiral2009 September 7, 2025 (12:35 pm)

DN – I believe they are fishing for salmon. The likely time of the incident the person hit was likely one of the many people who is camping in the area not someone fishing. The incident appears to have occurred on an expressway offramp and not at an intersection.