6 sent to hospital after van jumps curb, strikes pedestrians in downtown Seattle Seattle police said it appears the driver suffered some sort of medical emergency and lost control of the van at Fifth Avenue and Pine Street. The driver was among those hospitalized.

Seattle police said it appears the driver suffered some sort of medical emergency and lost control of the van at Fifth Avenue and Pine Street. The driver was among those hospitalized. 6 sent to hospital after van jumps curb, strikes pedestrians in downtown Seattle Some guy jumped in the vehicle, was pounding the driver, hitting him,” a witness said. “He was yelling, ‘don’t you go any [expletive] where.'” It wasn’t immediately known whether the man believed the driver had deliberately struck the pedestrians, mimicking terrorist attacks in other cities.