Car crashes into Seattle hospital lobby

A vehicle crashed into the lobby of Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed facility in Seattle, just before 5 p.m. Nov. 1, according to The Seattle Times.

A spokesperson for Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine, the parent organization of Northwest Hospital, told The Seattle Times the driver of the vehicle was not injured and no one in the hospital was affected.

The spokesperson said the vehicle appeared to be out of control when it crashed through the hospital's lobby area near the emergency department.

The Seattle Fire Department confirmed the building is structurally stable.

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