Car chased by police lands in Tacoma Narrows, passenger dies

A man fleeing from police in a car that had been reported stolen crashed into the water in Tacoma, and a passenger in the car was found dead.

Officer Mark W. Fulghum says the driver has been arrested for investigation of vehicular assault, possession of stolen property and attempting to elude police.

Fulghum says the man was arrested when he climbed out of the water following the crash Saturday night.

Shortly before 10 p.m., he says, officers tried to stop a car that had been reported stolen. The driver stopped briefly, then took off.

Fulghum says officers pursued the car for about a mile and a half, then abandoned the chase because they decided it was unsafe. The crash occurred not long afterward.