Man critically hurt in South Lake Union hit-and-run

SEATTLE — A man was seriously hurt after he was hit by a car in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood Tuesday.

It happened around 3:10 p.m. near a homeless encampment at Dexter Avenue North and Mercer Street.

Seattle fire medics took a 30-year-old man, who lives at the encampment, to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

Police said two people in the vehicle that hit the man drove away from the scene and called 911 to report what happened.

Both cooperated with investigators.

Because of the seriousness of the victim’s injuries, the Seattle Police Department’s Homicide Unit is leading the investigation.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the tip line at 206-233-5000.

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