UPDATE: Driver hits pole, tracks on West Marginal Way

1:48 AM: Police are at the scene of a crash in the 4000 block of West Marginal Way, reported to have damaged a utility pole and taken down live wires, ending up on railroad tracks. Nobody was in the vehicle – reported to be a Toyota 4Runner – when police arrived, but they’ve just found one of the apparent occupants a few blocks north and are looking for the other one nearby.

7:46 AM: Archived radio communication indicates officers found the suspected driver walking on Puget Ridge around 3 am.

Chris April 25, 2026 (2:56 am)

We have been hearing racing vehicles for the last few hours coming from Alki area.

WSPK April 25, 2026 (7:50 pm)

I rode by on my bike this afternoon, and there was a crew replacing the pole. A quick internet search puts the cost of that above $10k (in 2019), and that the at-fault driver is financially responsible. Let’s hope so.