Bizarre behavior at Interbay hit-and-run scene

Two officers were injured early Sunday morning when a woman screaming profanities along 15th Avenue West attacked them.
At 3 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, two Seattle police officers had cordoned off southbound and northbound traffic on 15th Avenue West and eastbound traffic off the Magnolia Bridge while other officers investigated the scene of an earlier hit-and-run (vehicle/pedestrian) collision at the 1600 block of 15th Avenue West, according to a police report. At this time two women, who had arrived near the scene in a cab, got out of the cab and began walking up the middle of 15th Avenue West toward the scene.
One of the women was screaming vulgarities at the officers as she walked. They walked up to the detectives conducting the investigation and continued their behavior. Detectives told them they needed to get on the sidewalk away from the scene. One of the women complied, but the other continued her ranting toward the scene. A patrol officer stopped and explained, to no avail, that the woman needed to take another route. The woman continued screaming profanities and knocked over a piece of measuring equipment used by investigating officers.
The patrol officer then grabbed the woman by the arm. The woman wheeled around and punched the officer in the face knocking her to the ground. The woman then jumped on top of the officer and began hitting her some more. A second officer came to the first officer?s defense but was struck as well. A third officer arrived and finally subdued the ranting woman. The woman was taken into custody and booked into the King County Jail for two counts of felony assault. The officers who were punched sustained non-life-threatening injuries.