

(WSB photo by Patrick Sand)

12:58 PM: The response to an incident toward the west end of the West Seattle Bridge has just upgraded to “heavy rescue.” Texters are telling us a vehicle apparently went through the railing and onto Manning. So avoid the westbound bridge after Delridge, and avoid Harbor/Avalon/Manning on the surface.

1:12 PM: We’ve just arrived in the area. The Harbor/Avalon intersection is not affected – it’s the stub of Manning under the bridge. Firefighters tell us the driver is not hurt.

1:18 PM: Photo added. It’s a 4 x 4 pickup, our photographer reports. (added) Seattle Fire’s technical rescuers are trying to strategize how the vehicle can be removed.

1:27 PM: Above, photo tweeted by SFD showing their rescuers on the scene. They describe the drop as about 20′. Meanwhile, SDOT is up on the bridge:

Not sure how this is affecting the Fauntleroy end of the westbound bridge right now but we’re headed over to look.

Bridge is fully open; red tape strung where truck took out railing pic.twitter.com/82g96X4ftp — West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) October 29, 2016

3:01 PM: We went by the scene again a short time ago, status quo, truck still perpendicular. But we’ve since received this photo showing the tow truck working on pulling it out:

And thanks again to everyone for all the tips/updates.