SEATTLE — Police arrested a man for investigation of trespassing and assaulting an officer after he allegedly walked into the roadway inside the Highway 99 tunnel in downtown Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and briefly climbed onto a passing car, the Seattle Police Department reported on its website.
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. when emergency dispatchers received calls from “multiple emergency phones” in the State Route 99 tunnel, according to a statement posted to the department’s online blotter.
“Based on the man’s statements, 911 operators believed the man was experiencing a crisis,” the statement said. “Almost immediately thereafter, motorists began calling 911 to report the man standing in the southbound lanes of the tunnel, endangering himself and creating a hazard.”
At one point, the man allegedly “jumped onto the roof of a moving vehicle and briefly held on before falling to the pavement,” the statement said.
