Man dies after falling, being hit by two vehicles on I-5

THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Last updated: June 1st, 2005 02:40 AM

A man apparently playing some kind of game involving dangling from a freeway overpass was killed early Tuesday when he fell onto Interstate 5 and was hit by two vehicles, including a semitrailer.

The man and another man, age 31, had been drinking and were trying to see who could hang the longest from the overpass at Olive Way in downtown Seattle, Seattle police spokeswoman Debra Brown said.

The man apparently could not pull himself back up, and he fell despite the other man’s efforts to help, Brown said.

The man’s identity was withheld Tuesday evening because his relatives had not yet been told.