UPDATE:

Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll announced on Oct. 19 during his weekly press conference that the team will lift Derrick Coleman’s suspension from the team following his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run crash in Bellevue last week.

“We will lift the suspension on Derrick Coleman, I think we’ll find out what the timing is on that, but as soon as we can,” Carroll said, adding that Coleman will need to be cleared by doctor’s before playing, so it is unknown if he will play in this week’s game.

When asked if he had received an explanation for the car crash that he found sufficient, Carroll said he had and has seen the tapes released by Coleman’s lawyers.

The announcement came after the team’s loss against the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 18.

“There’s been a little bit of a shift in the core of the special teams unit with guys being banged up.. Derrick Coleman is a core guy, Brock Coyle’s a core guy, those guys make a big difference in how we play, so we’re catching up a little bit now,” said Carroll.

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Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has reportedly been arrested by Bellevue Police on investigation of vehicular assault and hit and run, and police said there is reason to suspect that drugs or alcohol were involved.

“There was enough evidence there to lead us to suspect that perhaps drugs or alcohol could have been involved,” Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett told reporters during a press conference on Oct. 15.

The fullback was allegedly involved in a two car rollover crash in the 13600 block of Southeast 36th Street around 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 14.

Coleman allegedly was driving his 2015 green Dodge Ram pickup truck at a high speed heading eastbound when he collided with the back of a 2007 Honda Civic, pushing it up onto an embankment and onto a retention wall where it came to a stop upside-down. His vehicle travelled halfway up the same embankment and came to a stop on its side.

The driver of the Honda Civic was transported to Overlake Medical Center in serious, but not life-threatening condition. Coleman was not injured in the crash. Police believe Coleman was wearing his hearing aids, but said the batteries may have been low.

Witnesses reported seeing one of the individuals involved in the collision fleeing on foot (some witnesses said he ran, while others said he walked away). He was described as a black male with an athletic build in his early 30s, wearing a brown shirt and no shoes (Coleman will turn 25 on Oct. 18). One of the witnesses later reported helping the suspect out of his vehicle.

As far as he knows, Coleman did not check on the occupant of the other vehicle, Mylett said.

After arriving at the scene of the crash, an officer found Coleman standing on the sidewalk of Southeast 37th Street, roughly two blocks from the scene of the accident. Coleman reportedly approached the police cruiser and was cooperative with police.

Coleman was positively identified by three witnesses as the aforementioned suspect, and Bellevue Police K-9 Ghost traced Coleman’s scent back to the scene of the crash.

A drug recognition expert, who generally checks the suspect’s eyes, speech, balance and conducts other tests that would indicate drug or alcohol abuse, was called to the scene shortly after Coleman was found on Southeast 37th Street. He was also given a field sobriety test, but Mylett would not release the results of either analysis.

The police did not use a portable breath test to measure Coleman’s blood alcohol level in this case because those results are not admissible in court and can only be used to establish probable cause for a warrant. Police had sufficient probable cause without it, according to Bellevue Police spokesperson Seth Tyler.

A warrant for Coleman’s blood was obtained three to five hours after the crash and his blood was taken at Overlake Medical Center. He did not refuse to consent to a blood test, according to police.

Coleman’s agent said his client may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Police also obtained a search warrant for Coleman’s vehicle and will look for signs of drug or alcohol use, as well as run diagnostic tests to assess what speed both cars were traveling at and any other factors that may have led to the crash.

Coleman was booked into King County Jail, and was released on Oct.16. Both vehicular assault and hit and run are felony offenses.

He has been suspended indefinitely from the Seattle Seahawks.

The crash is still under investigation, and is expected to take at least a month, including waiting for full toxicology results. A decision regarding charges will be made when the investigation is complete at a later date, the King County Prosecutor’s Office said on Oct. 16.

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or have more information is asked to contact the Bellevue Police Department.

This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.