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Seattle Firefighters Rescue Man Pinned By Rail Car In Tunnel

Firefighters in Seattle rescued a man Wednesday morning who was hurt when he became pinned by a rail car in a utility tunnel.

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Firefighters in Seattle rescued a man Wednesday morning who was hurt when he became pinned by a rail car in a utility tunnel.
Firefighters in Seattle rescued a man Wednesday morning who was hurt when he became pinned by a rail car in a utility tunnel. (Seattle Fire Department)

SEATTLE — Firefighters in Seattle rescued a man Wednesday morning who was hurt when he became pinned by a rail car in a utility tunnel.

Firefighters were called to the 5300 block of 24th Avenue NW around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, and pulled the person out of the tunnel. The tunnel is in the city's Adams neighborhood.

Paramedics took him to a hospital and the man was in stable condition, the Seattle Fire Department said.

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Firefighters pulled a man out of this utility tunnel in Seattle's Adams neighborhood after he fell and became pinned by a rail car. Photo courtesy of Seattle Fire Department.

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