Overview
- The incident occurred Sept. 17 around 12:20 p.m. after officers flagged a car with a stolen license plate near 10th Ave E and East Boston Street.
- As officers prepared a high-risk stop on Eastlake Avenue East, the driver swerved into oncoming lanes, broke a safety gate, and launched over the partially raised University Bridge.
- The car landed and continued north; officers did not drive onto the raised span and later found the vehicle abandoned near Pasadena Place East in the University District.
- SPD said the car was severely damaged from the jump, including a large hole in the windshield, but the driver was gone when officers arrived.
- The new video, released Sept. 22, shows the airborne crossing in greater detail as detectives continue the investigation with no arrests and no confirmation of additional occupants.