Sylvia Rose Obituary- In the early hours of Friday, a tragic incident occurred when a woman fell from an overpass on Interstate 5 and was fatally hit by a car. A Washington State Patrol trooper noticed someone lying in the left lane of southbound I-5 near the Madison Street overpass shortly before 2 a.m. Despite the immediate response of medics, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation revealed that she had fallen from the Madison Street overpass onto the freeway and was subsequently struck by a vehicle. Regrettably, the car that hit the 21-year-old Seattle woman fled the scene. The victim has been identified as Sylvia Rose, a 21-year-old resident of Seattle, by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Troopers closed the southbound lanes at Madison Street for approximately three hours and twenty minutes to conduct their investigation.
WSP detectives are now seeking witnesses or any dashcam footage that could assist in identifying the vehicle involved in the tragic incident.