5 People Hit by Pickup After Leaving Wash. Concert
SEATTLE --
Five people were hit and injured by a pickup truck in Seattle's Sodo district late Thursday night, Seattle police said.
The people were struck shortly before 11 p.m. at the intersection of First Avenue South and South Massachusetts as a concert let out from the Showbox Sodo, police said. Officers arrested the driver after they said she showed signs of impairment. She will be booked on investigation of vehicular assault, police said.
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Police said there were two passengers in the pickup truck, in addition to the woman driving. No one in the pickup was hurt.
Four of the people who were hit are being treated at Harborview Medical Center, the hospital said. Three of them are in serious condition and one is in satisfactory condition, the hospital said.
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Chris Francis reported that the blue pickup that hit the pedestrians had a front-end damage and a cracked windshield.
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