UPDATE: Flipped-car crash on eastbound West Seattle Bridge

(Added: Reader photo)

10:59 AM: Thanks for the tips. Emergency responders are on the scene of a flipped-car crash on the eastbound West Seattle Bridge. The EB bridge is down to one lane in the area. Updates to come.

11:07 AM: A second vehicle was involved, according to police’s call for two tow trucks plus this photo sent by a bus rider, who says:

A rollover crash right in front of my H-line bus on the West Seattle bridge (eastbound) … The bus driver stopped and helped the driver of the upside-down car get out.

11:11 AM: SFD is leaving, which clears the scene on the bridge traffic camera enough to see where this happened:

11:36 AM: Tow trucks and SDOT cleanup crews are there now. Police told dispatch two lanes are open at the scene. No indication that anyone was seriously hurt, but we’re following up with SFD.

12:04 PM: Still blocking the two inside lanes.

12:19 PM: The scene is now clear and all lanes are open. SFD tells us they treated one person, an 84-year-old woman, who was in stable condition and declined to be transported to a hospital. (We don’t know whether she was a driver or passenger, just that she was the only person SFD needed to check out.)

bolo January 5, 2026 (11:31 am)

Kudos to the bus driver!

This stretch also has worn slippery ruts. Ignore at your peril.

Mary Ulloa January 5, 2026 (11:31 am)

At 11:30 the police are still there on the bridge with the car upside down

22blades January 5, 2026 (11:44 am)

Oh, should we repave this s/ection? Add another sign? This is where I was rear ended by a texter without a hint of braking.

Driver January 5, 2026 (12:38 pm)

That’s me in the first photo reaching under the car. The thankfully uninjured and coherent driver asked me to retrieve her purse from under her upside down car. I had pulled over in front of her car. It was a calm and well-executed response. Kudos to all.