Man arrested after ramming stolen van through SODO business' fence

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a 40-year-old man after he reportedly drove a stolen van through a business' fence in SODO.

Officers saw the reported stolen van parked in the 700 block of South Andover Street around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Seattle police said they tried to talk to the driver but he drove off, ramming through the chain link fence of a business and then backing into one of the officer's patrol cars.

The man then drove off and left the van running on the train tracks at West Marginal Way SW and SW Alaska Street. Police said they followed footprints in the snow from the van and found the man sitting on a nearby park bench.

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He was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for eluding police and possession of a stolen vehicle.