SEATTLE _ A street sweeper Monday morning backed over and killed a pedestrian who was walking on the side of the road because of construction, Bellevue, Wash., police said.
There is no sidewalk at 120th Avenue Northeast near Northeast 12th Street, where a large apartment building, taking up a city block, is being built, according to Officer Seth Tyler. The building's address is 1375 121st Ave. N.E.
As the street-sweeper driver was backing up, he apparently didn't see the pedestrian, Tyler said. The driver was still being interviewed Monday, but police did not suspect impairment, he said.
The driver works for a private company hired by Rafn Company, the contractor on the apartment complex, Tyler said.
Police and firefighters, who got to the scene about 11 a.m., were still working to pull the body from under the street sweeper in the early afternoon.
Northeast 120th Avenue in the area was closed.
No information was yet available about the pedestrian.
Representatives of the street-sweeping company and the contractor were on the scene.
Police planned to use a digital tool that creates a 3D image of the area as they try to reconstruct what happened.
