Just before 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 31 a Seattle Fire Department Medic Unit was returning to their fire station after transporting a patient to Virginia Mason when they were involved in a motor vehicle accident with one other vehicle on Northbound I-5. Two Firefighter/Paramedics aboard Medic 16, one male and one female, were transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Two people in the other vehicle died at the scene. Washington State Patrol is conducting an investigation into the accident.
