Tacoma chase ends with car in water, passenger dead

A Tacoma man is accused of driving a stolen car into the water at a marina, killing his passenger.

Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, a Tacoma police officer ran the license plate of a car and determined it had been stolen, said Officer Mark Fulghum. Police pulled the car over, he said, but the driver sped away.

Officers began a chase but called it off because it was too dangerous, though they continued following the car until the street dead-ended at a marina. An officer watched the car as it was sinking and saw the driver climb onto the dock.

A police dive team pulled the other man, whose name has not been released, from the water. He died at the scene.

The driver was booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault, possession of stolen property and eluding police.

Washougal, Clark County

Motocross racer dies in practice mishap

An 18-year-old Pierce County man, competing in a tournament at Washougal Motocross Park in Southwest Washington, was fatally injured Saturday when he was thrown from his bike during a practice run.

Track officials say Rocky Gesner, of Orting, was on a downhill portion when the front wheel of his bike turned out, throwing him to the track.

Gesner was wearing a helmet and chest and neck pads.

Seattle

Domestic dispute ends in stabbings

A man and a woman each suffered life-threatening stab wounds in an apparent domestic-violence incident early Sunday at Yesler Terrace.

At about 4:20 a.m., a man found a woman bleeding in the doorway of his apartment building and called 911, said Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson.

About two blocks away, officers found a bleeding man. He and the woman were taken to Harborview Medical Center in what Jamieson characterized as a case of domestic violence.

Bellingham

Motorists fight, one stabbed to death

A 20-year-old Mount Vernon man died Sunday afternoon after being stabbed during a fight with another motorist in Bellingham, according to police.

Bellingham police say David Datskiy and another driver fought after the two got out of their cars and argued, according to The Bellingham Herald. Datskiy was taken to St. Joseph Hospital and later died. Police were looking for the assailant.

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