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Man on motor scooter killed in hit and run in Puyallup
A 53-year-old man on a motor scooter was killed Tuesday evening in a hit-and-run accident in a residential area in Puyallup. Lt. Scott Engle of the...
PUYALLUP — A 53-year-old man on a motor scooter was killed Tuesday evening in a hit-and-run accident in a residential area in Puyallup.
Lt. Scott Engle of the Puyallup Police Department said the driver of the car was traveling north in the 2800 block of Ninth Street Southwest when the vehicle crossed the center line and rammed the Vespa scooter just after 7 p.m. The man, an unincorporated Pierce County resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released.
Engle said the driver of the car fled from the scene. Witnesses followed him and called police. The driver, whose identity was not disclosed, was caught about five miles away from the scene of the crash, Puyallup police said.
He was taken into police custody. Engle said late Tuesday night that the cause of the collision had not been determined. Investigators were at the scene for several hours after the accident.
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