Female threatens to jump onto freeway overpass in Seattle, Seattle WA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/12/2025 05:51 PM

I-5, Seattle, WA

Emergency responders received a report of a female threatening to jump from a freeway overpass onto Interstate 5 in Seattle. Units were instructed to turn off sirens nearby. The individual was later seen on the freeway itself. Police and rescue units responded to the scene.

Audio|Source: Seattle Fire

03:5

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 31, rescue response[1],

00:03

1 Avenue Northeast, Northeast 92 Street.

00:10

Agent 31, 1 Avenue, Northeast 92 Street.

00:19

Report of a female threat to jump onto land.

00:23

All units turn sirens off a few blocks out.

00:28

SPD is responding.

00:36

Dispatch engine 31, do you recommend being available to respond to I-5 or to go directly to one avenue north-east and northeast-n Northeast 92 Street?

00:52

Go to the freeway.

00:53

Engine 31, go to the freeway.

00:56

31,

00:58

okay.

01:06

Engine 6-8 response,

01:08

2014,

01:09

east Alder Street.

01:12

Judge 6, 2014, East Alder Street.

01:16

In Department 3, reported DOA.

01:28

All units responding to the rescue response[1].

01:36

Corrected location,

01:39

northbound I-5 at 95.

01:44

All units responding to the rescue response[1].

01:49

Corrected location,

01:51

northbound I-5-95.

01:56

Fiancy.

01:58

I'm transmitting on 6, repeat.

02:13

Unit requesting the CNC, repeat your signature.

02:16

Okay,

02:20

engine.

02:22

Okay, Engine.

02:23

Okay, Engine 29.

02:30

This batch.

02:32

Engine 31 is on southbound I-5.

02:34

Nobody observed on the 95th Street light rail overpass.

02:40

We see STD on the 92 Street overpass.

02:44

And we're proceeding south to turn around north.

02:48

Okay.

02:50

Okay.

02:59

Dispatch, engine 31, we have observed that the patient appears to be on the freeway now.

03:04

Recommend you fill from the south.

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[1]

rescue response: Specialty rescue assignment with multiple units dispatched

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Female threatens to jump onto freeway overpass in Seattle, Seattle WA

Emergency responders received a report of a female threatening to jump from a freeway overpass onto Interstate 5 in Seattle. Units were instructed to turn off sirens nearby. The individual was later seen on the freeway itself. Police and rescue units responded to the scene.

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