Detectives seek hit-and-run driver after crash sends car plunging off I-5 in Seattle

SEATTLE -- One person was seriously hurt after troopers say a hit-and-run driver crashed into an SUV, sending it plunging off of I-5 into a parking lot 30 feet below.

Witnesses told Washington State Patrol troopers that a car was traveling at a "high rate of speed" around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday when it lost control and hit a gold Chevrolet Tahoe.

The Tahoe went over the right barrier of the freeway and fell 30 feet into a Seattle Department of Transportation parking lot near Spokane St.

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The driver was taken with serious injuries to Harborview Medical Center.

Troopers say the vehicle that caused the crash kept driving southbound on I-5. It was described only as a dark 4-door sedan. The driver is being sought for felony hit-and-run.

Anyone with information is asked to contact WSP.

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