Vehicle strikes pedestrian who falls onto train tracks, Seattle WA
TrafficA vehicle hit a pedestrian near Martin Luther King Jr Way South in Seattle, causing the pedestrian to fall onto the train tracks. Rail traffic was stopped in both directions. Multiple bystanders were on the tracks, and people in the vehicle were reported injured.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire
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Transcript:
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9840, M. King Jr.
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Way South. This is 33, 9840, I'm okay, Jr.
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South. We have a car pad.
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The pedestrian appears to be on the tracks.
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We have notified link.
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They are stopping traffic in both directions.
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We have multiple people via the camera standing out on the tracks looking at the person who's down on the tracks.
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23, I'm an update of this to amend 6, just due to the number of people who are standing around looking at peers that it's going to be involved.
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33, okay.
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Let me call from ladder 6.
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Go ahead.
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The girl who found him could not get a hold of anybody to call 911 for at least 40-45 minutes, so she was, he was down with her in the street for about length of time.
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Okay.
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An engine 33, we have an additional caller now since this is possibly a DOA.
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SPD is also looking at another individual that is a little farther upstream on the tracks, but you'll see them when you arrive.
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Edson 33 is at 9840 MLK Junior Way South, follow foul as an MLK Command.
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Hens 33 at MLK Command.
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Deputy One link control response, 3407 airport way south.
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for a minute one light on two I got on two
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deputy one thirty four zero seven airport way south we have a vehicle versus pedestrian pedestrian ended up on the tracks
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Edge 33 is on scene.
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They are MLK Command.
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We have confirmed with Link that rail traffic is stopped in both directions.
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We also have people in the vehicle that struck the pedestrian that are injured.
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Location mentioned:
Near Martin Luther King Jr Way S, Seattle, WA 98118
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