Detectives Investigating Fatality Collision in West Queen Anne – SPD Blotter

Seattle police detectives are investigating a fatality collision right into a constructing in West Queen Anne this morning.

At 2:48 a.m., patrol officers have been dispatched to a collision close to Elliott Avenue West and West Galer Avenue. They positioned a single occupant contained in the automobile. The Seattle Fireplace Division (SFD) arrived and pronounced the motive force deceased.

Police cordoned off the realm whereas SFD labored to extricate the deceased man. An investigator with the King County Medical Examiner arrived and took custody of the physique. They are going to decide the reason for loss of life. Detectives with the Visitors Collision Investigations Squad arrived and processed the collision scene.

The 41-year-old driver was touring southbound at a excessive fee of velocity on fifteenth Avenue West when he misplaced management of his automobile when the roadway turns into Elliott Avenue West. The automobile struck a parked automobile simply north of West Galer Avenue earlier than crashing right into a concrete constructing within the 1400 block of Elliott Avenue West.

The circumstances main up the crash are beneath investigation. If anybody has info concerning the collision, please contact the Visitors Collision Investigations Squad at 206-684-8923.

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