5 people injured after dump truck crashes into Seattle Subway restaurant

Five people were injured Monday when a dump truck crashed into a Subway restaurant in Seattle's Pioneer Square.

The truck allegedly had"a catastrophic mechanical failure" and began rolling forward and struck a pedestrian at about 9:30 a.m.,. The driver then reportedly attempted to steer the truck through traffic but struck three cars before slamming into the Subway, police said. At least four people, including the pedestrian, were seriously injured, according to the Seattle Fire Department. One Subway employee inside the restaurant at the time was taken to a hospital.The fire department said that it was evacuating the building so that crews could begin work on extricating the dump truck from the building.that she narrowly avoided being hit by the truck as it lost control and that the situation was"very scary.

"I was the street, and barely made it because here comes a dump truck flying down the hill," Ronda Petty said."It hit a van, a couple cars, and lost control and went through the Subway window. ... I thank the good Lord that nobody else was hurt."

Downtown?

OMG, my son usually goes to or walks by Pioneer Square every morning . Thank God, he didn't head in that direction yet, this morning. The injured are in my prayers. I wish them a quick and lasting recovery. Huge Healing Hugs to all

He was dropping off their meat.

🤦🏻‍♀️

He thought it was a drive thru!

Didn't want to wait in line for $6 coffee!

Truck like that weighs 16 times what a passenger car weighs. If something goes wrong there’s a lot of momentum.😕

So it’s just a Quiznos now?

nbcsandiego The dump truck & food supplier are the same people 👀

Must be a Delivery of more Cold Cuts.

Jared escape from prison?

Was it full of needles from the streets?

It was dropping off the cold cuts

Was it making a delivery?

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