Seattle, WA
Pedestrian hit and killed by vehicle in Seattle’s Capitol Hill, crash under investigation
SEATTLE — A 27-year-old woman was hit and killed by a vehicle in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Monday evening.
According to the Seattle Fire Department, crews were dispatched at 8:05 p.m. to a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at East Pine Street and Bellevue Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found the woman trapped under a vehicle and upgraded the call to a “rescue extrication,” according to the SFD.
Additional units responded, and crews freed her. Firefighters attempted life-saving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, the SFD confirmed. The scene was then turned over to the Seattle Police Department.
Seattle police later confirmed on X that the incident involved a pedestrian struck by a vehicle and described it as a fatal collision. Seattle police said the driver cooperated, but nobody was taken into custody as of 10:29 p.m.
Drivers were advised to avoid the area as emergency crews worked at the scene.
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The investigation remains ongoing.