Update 2 for June 5
Seattle police have confirmed our report from yesterday that the SUV in a Harbor Ave. S.W. rollover crash was indeed stolen, and the driver fled the scene.

According to Det. Mark Jamieson, the beige 2002 Lexus SUV was traveling north on Harbor Ave. S.W. with five occupants when the driver lost control and plowed into three parked cars before flipping on it's side.

Everyone self-extricated and the four passengers stayed with the stolen vehicle while the driver ran off with unknown injuries.

Police did not report any arrests of the four passengers, but are still actively searching for the driver.

Update for 1 p.m., June 4
Traffic investigators are still evaluating the scene at 2501 Harbor Ave. S.W., and said to expect at least another hour of road closures.

The Herald spoke with a man at the scene who said he was the owner of the flipped SUV involved in this morning's crash. He said his vehicle had been stolen from the Alki area earlier in the day and he was not driving at the time.

Employees at Sea-Way Marine, with a front row view of the wreck, told the Herald they saw the stolen SUV driving at a high rate of speed and striking a parked car, causing it to flip. They estimated five individuals fled the vehicle after the accident.

Police have not remarked to verify eyewitness accounts at this time, nor confirmed any arrests.

Regarding injuries, Kyle Moore with the Seattle Fire Department provided this update: "At 9:43 a.m. Engine 36 and Engine 29 responded to reports of a Heavy Rescue at 2501 Harbor Avenue SW. When we arrived a minivan was rolled over on its side. There were 5 people inside the minivan. All of the patients self-extricated. We treated a 52-year-old male , 21-year-old female , and 17-year-old female. AMR transported all three to HMC. We did not treat a male driver or another male passenger."

This post will be updated.

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Paramedics and traffic investigators are responding to 2501 Harbor Ave. S.W. for a heavy rescue call.

Contributing photographer David Rosen reports from the scene that three vehicles were involved in the wreck shortly before 10 a.m., putting one SUV on its side and sending an unknown number of patients to the hospital with unknown injuries at this time.

Expect traffic delays from the West Seattle Bridge northbound on Harbor Ave. S.W. as emergency and investigative personnel work the scene.