Crime & Safety
Car Hits Pedestrian on Sumner-Tapps Highway
A pedestrian was hit by a car today while walking down Sumner-Tapps Highway, and has sustained critical injuries.
Earlier this afternoon we shouted across our social networking channels about a reader who reported a strange accident on Sumner-Tapps Highway.
According to a press release from East Pierce Fire & Rescue, an unidentified woman was seriously injured and transported to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma after she was hit by a car around 1 p.m.
Apparently, the victim was walking down Sumner-Tapps Highway, near the intersection at Forest Canyon Road East and West Tapps Drive Eastο»Ώ, when she was hit. The driver remained at the scene.
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The accident is being investigated by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
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