Man walking barefoot on highway shoulder after collision, Olympia WA

Traffic

Reported: 11/13/2025 04:04 PM

I-5, Olympia, WA

Police responded to a collision on northbound Interstate 5 near Trosper Road in Olympia. They later spotted a barefoot man in his twenties walking on the highway shoulder in muddy conditions without any weapons. A nearby blue Toyota Prius was observed but not confirmed to be related to the incident.

Audio|Source: Washington State Patrol District 1 - Olympia Area

02:30

Transcript:

00:00

Zone 5-hot, my collision notification, North 5, Trosper.

00:05

2.3.13.

00:11

23-0 from 15604.

00:14

Okay, and the other, I'll be at 10, 3,0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2.

00:19

Like 10-0-0-0-0-0-1-2.

00:24

3-1-2.

00:32

King 4921 be out of service.

00:39

King 493-6-0-5-0-0-1, go ahead.

00:44

I'll be en route to the police on transfer.

00:48

Please not just on your host.

00:57

10-03-115. Am I assigned to two collision?

01:02

Right, so on the hit number.

01:03

So if you're a little bit.

01:07

1033, that was mine and I will be clear that and then route the collision and transfer.

01:13

10-306. 10.

01:19

10.5-9, Olympia, clear 13 and route to suite.

01:25

10.9606

01:31

12. reference your collision at Drothra on Southbound.

01:35

I don't see anything.

01:36

You can't want to check me off.

01:37

It will do.

01:42

Okay, 19-10-316-0-6.

01:46

12.3-N-L-L-LLU., outer fleet.

01:51

12-9-6-2-7.

01:57

Some slides pedestrians, off by and alpha-90, on the right shoulder, unknown male, 20 years of age, brown hair,

02:05

barefoot, walking in mud puddles,

02:08

no weapons observed.

02:10

The ARV did observe a blue tread of Prius nearby,

02:13

unknown associated.

02:16

We'll head that direction,

02:18

once I check for this collision.

02:22

Okay, 03011.

02:23

I'm through the area at UTL so far.

02:25

I'm going to take exit 103 to check and then I'll be on route to head.

02:28

1003, 1003, 1029.

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