This morning, May 26, at about 2:30 a.m. officers responded to the 1200 block of Harbor Avenue Southwest to a report of a vehicle that struck a city light pole then plunged into the water. The driver was not injured.
Witnesses reported that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when he apparently lost control while driving east bound on the 1200 Block of Harbor. The vehicle left the roadway and jumped the seawall entering the water in a depth of 10 feet.
Seattle Harbor Patrol and Seattle Fire assisted at the scene. The driver was uninjured.
The driver, a 54-year-old male, was driving a 1991 Porsche 911. Investigators believe drugs and or alcohol in addtion to speed may have contributed to the collision.
Charges are pending toxicology results.