Officer-involved accident at 8th & Marktet

Just before 10 a.m., a police car and Volkswagon collided at 8th Ave. and Market St., Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson told us.

Jamieson says initial reports are that there are no serious injuries. Seattle Fire was called to the scene because one of the airbags deployed, Jamieson said.

My Ballard reader Greg says he was a witness to the accident, “A police officer was heading south on 8th, under full lights and sirens.” He says the officer stopped at the intersection, then headed through, and “a woman heading east in the right hand lane, driving a Saturn went through the intersection and hit the cop car on the passenger side.” Jamieson could not confirm the witness reports but says that police are investigating. Traffic was rerouted down 9th Ave. for a time, but the intersection has reopened.