Bystanders gathered to check on an elderly man after a rollover accident on Seaview Avenue NW.
An accident occurred on Seaview Avenue NW on Sept. 23 leaving one elderly man rolled over in his car but uninjured.
Emergency units and Seattle Police was dispatched to the scene after witnesses reported seeing a man in Honda CR-V sideswipe a parked van on the right side of Seaview Avenue NW. The vehicle made contact with the car and flipped over in the middle of the street.
A Seattle Department of Transportation was working in the area and witnessed the accident. Brad Powell and his co-worker were in an SDOT truck across the street when they saw the vehicle roll over in front of them.
“We were in the truck, and all of a sudden we see this car go by, and we heard a loud bang and saw it flip right in front of us,” said Powell.
Powell called 911 while his co-worker climbed into the vehicle to check on the man. All the air bags in the vehicle were deployed.
Lt. Sue Stangl of Seattle Fire Department said that the man was uninjured and was able to climb out of the vehicle on his own. He was looked over by emergency crews at the scene.
Seattle Police confirmed that the man was not under the influence at the time of the accident.