At 5:30 this morning, a car accident near the Whittier Heights neighborhood sent one to the hospital and attracted the attention of a media helicopter.
Our sister site, PhinneyWood.com reports that a two-car collision on 8th Avenue Northwest at NW 75th Street at about 5:30 a.m. temporarily blocked traffic while police investigated.
According to police and one person involved in the accident, a Geo Metro ran the stop sign on NW 75th Street and got T-boned by a Ford F150 pickup truck heading south on 8th Avenue NW. Paramedics took the woman to the hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries, police said. KIRO 7’s chopper reported live from over the scene.
Don, who lives nearby, said he heard a “screech and a whoomp” at about 5:30 a.m. and ran outside with his camera and shot the above photo. There are more photos of the accident here.