Crime & Safety
Local Firefighters Help Resuce Driver Trapped Down I-90 Embankment
The incident happened Sunday night near Snoqualmie Pass.

SNOQUALMIE PASS, WA - Firefighters from Eastside Fire and Rescue assisted a trapped driver who drove off an embankment along I-90 and became trapped.
According to Washington State Patrol, the accident happened Sunday around 9 p.m. near milepost 49. The driver spent the night trapped in his car, unable to call for help until 9:37 a.m. on Monday.
Eastside Fire and state patrol used ropes to rescue the man on Monday morning. The 53-year-old driver was from Seattle, state patrol said.
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Eastside Fire and Rescue is based in Issaquah.
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