One man killed, another injured in truck, lift collision by West Seattle Bridge
Fri, 07/01/2016
One man was killed and another one injured in a fall from a lift bucket while working under an exit ramp from the West Seattle Bridge Friday morning, July 1 according to the Seattle Times. The men were working when around 8 a.m. a box truck struck the lift, according to Seattle police. They were working on the bearing pad replacement project that has been going on for the past two weeks.
The man who was killed was 40 years old and fell about 50 feet, landing on a roadway below the bridge deck according to Seattle Police. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center, but died there.
A 57-year-old man, fell about 15 feet suffering serious injuries police said. He was not taken to the hospital immediately.
According to police the driver of the truck was given a field sobriety test at the scene.