Seattle Traffic Flagger Hospitalized After Being Struck by Truck
The collision happened during the final days of National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual campaign built around one message: road workers' lives depend on driver behavior.
SEATTLE — A traffic flagger landed in the hospital Friday morning after a dump truck struck her in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to police.
The collision happened during the final days of National Work Zone Awareness Week, an annual campaign built around one message: road workers’ lives depend on driver behavior.
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The incident unfolded just before 11 a.m. near the intersection of Broadway and East Pine Street. Emergency crews transported the woman, 70, to Harborview Medical Center. Her condition remains unreleased.
Police confirmed she was working for a private company at the time.
The dump truck driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. Meanwhile, the Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigative Squad is leading the investigation. Officials have not announced citations or identified a cause.
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Safe actions save lives.
— National Work Zone Awareness Week 2026 Theme
The Week the Crash Happened In
The incident comes during National Work Zone Awareness Week which ran from April 20 through 24, 2026.
This year’s theme was “Safe actions save lives.”
The campaign calls on drivers to slow down, eliminate distractions, and treat work zones as the hazardous environments they are. Friday’s crash in Capitol Hill came on the final day of that week.
Work zone fatalities remain a persistent problem on American roads. Flaggers, cone placers, and other ground-level workers face the highest exposure risk because they work directly in or adjacent to live traffic. No barrier separates them from drivers who are distracted, speeding, or simply not paying attention.
The investigation continues. PNW Daily will update this story as new information becomes available.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened to the traffic flagger in Seattle on Friday?
A 70-year-old traffic flagger working for a private company was struck by a dump truck near Broadway and East Pine Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood just before 11 a.m. Friday. Emergency crews transported her to Harborview Medical Center. Her condition has not been publicly released.
What is National Work Zone Awareness Week?
National Work Zone Awareness Week is an annual campaign held each spring to highlight the dangers facing road workers and encourage safe driving through construction and work zones. The 2026 campaign ran April 20 through 24 with the theme “Safe actions save lives.”
Has anyone been charged in the Capitol Hill work zone crash?
No. The dump truck driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. The Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigative Squad is leading the investigation. No citations have been announced and the cause has not been determined.
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