Man unresponsive on 15th Ave S blocking traffic, Seattle WA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/26/2025 07:28 AM

15th Ave S, Seattle, WA

A man known to have seizures was found unresponsive laying in the middle of near 15th Ave S, blocking traffic. Emergency vehicles are currently on scene. The man was stumbling and fell in the roadway but no collision with vehicles happened. Fire personnel regularly know this individual due to his medical condition.

Audio|Source: Seattle Fire / Seattle Police East / South Precincts

02:20

Transcript:

00:00

(name withheld) 31, we're still gonna try to figure this out. I got an uncooperative subject that's just laying here in the runway. It says not if you're a car in him, there's no car on scene.

00:09

But he's not listening to any of our directions.

00:13

Proceed trying to figure it out, subject's not listening directions.

00:20

Number 31, let me know if you need any additional.

00:27

Who will currently be blocking all traffic on near 15th Ave south and hold date?

00:33

Blocking on lanes of travel on near 15th Ave south and the whole date.

00:42

One George, are you trying to reach radio?

00:45

Maybe it grew up, apologies.

00:52

One George, zero, I'll go ahead.

00:58

I think that was one, George.

01:04

No, nobody's trying to retradio?

01:10

Number 21.

01:14

Under 21.

01:16

I just got to call it 17 Abine East Union Street for an unoccupied vehicle with the airbags deployed that crashed into another parked vehicle, saw Honda Fit and Volkswagen.

01:24

I saw you responded to this earlier.

01:27

Did you want it duped or?

01:31

Is this from a passerby?

01:34

A-firm. A-firm.

01:36

Uh-Dupid,

01:38

please. Copy.

01:43

One, (name withheld) 31.

01:45

There is no collision that occurred.

01:47

Supposedly our mail is kind of stumbling in the roadway and just kind of fell.

01:52

Speaking with fire department personnel, they're familiar with him, and he's a known subject that they deal with regularly, who's known to have seizures.

02:01

Receive, no collision.

02:03

Subject was stumbling in the roadway and fell.

02:08

Is traffic open then?

02:12

That currently is because we got both our cars and the fire were rig blocking them. But once AMR gets here and takes him, we'll be good to go.

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