Seattle man dies after driving off parking garage

Seattle driver falls off multi-story parking garage, 77-year-old rescued

A 77-year-old man died on Sunday following a crash that sent his vehicle onto a patio at an apartment complex in Lower Queen Anne.

SEATTLE - A 77-year-old man died after crashing on Sunday onto an apartment patio space in Lower Queen Anne.

"Despite extensive lifesaving efforts by medical professionals at Harborview Medical Center, the 77-year-old man succumbed to his injuries on April 6 and was pronounced dead," SPD announced on Monday.

First responders extricated the elderly man from his vehicle after it went over the edge of a multi-level parking structure in Seattle, calling this type of crash "rare."

Car crashes off multi-story parking garage onto a patio below.

Just before 10 a.m. on Apr. 6, authorities announced they were responding to the scene in the area of Valley Street and 1st Ave. North.

"We know there was a significant amount of speed because he went over a low barrier and then a railing before he flipped his vehicle onto the patio," said Detective Bruan Pritchard with the Seattle Police Department.

A man drove off a multi-level parking garage where he lived, plunging down to a patio below.

The man, a resident of the building where the crash happened, was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries. At 4 p.m. on Monday, Seattle Police announced he had died as a result of his injuries the previous evening, Apr. 6.