Driver flees after hit-and-run accident in Tacoma area


Police are looking into a hit-and-run accident where a driver left a black pickup truck and switched to a dark blue SUV to escape the scene. A witness briefly followed the suspect before losing sight of the vehicle.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - South
03:23
Transcript:
The image that 7-2 and Hosmer, another witness, thinks the suspect vehicle turns south down on TMB, black 17, Chevy Silverado, (name withheld). Integer 1-104. Yeah, that's the place. Weather is here saying they went north on I-5. Receive, good advice, (name withheld). Baker 32222. We'll drift towards the RO's address on the east side. Baker 322-8-2-8-2-50. And 322-1-7-4 is this going to be at least a felony hit-run. Yeah, it's going to be telling me hit and run. Yeah, it's going to be telling me hit and run. Yeah. Tell me hit run. enforcement records the cell phone hangout from the area of south 64th street and faucet avenue information 852 information lake was being advised that citizen might be behind the suspect vehicle heading eastbound and eighty fourth from TM B and turning south on Hosmer again two times seven you can all my current and put me out my falses Citizen is no longer following it, but it turns south on Hosmer from South 84th Street. I'm going to play the scene here and assist area checking for that trip. 079. Did the RP still have eyes on the track? Negative. That witness stopped following it when it turns southbound on Hosbar from 84th. Copy. Can you confirm the place? (name withheld). Thank you. Puzzers of 1955. And that was the plate given by the last RP that was following it, correct? Last person that was following it didn't provide a subplate. Just they described as dark blue. They said a four-door SUV, unknown making, model, unknown plate. But they're telling us that the suspect truck was left behind the old Hooters building and the suspect driver got into the dark blue four-door SUV which was what the citizen was following to eat for in Hosmer. Copy what's the address of the old Hooters building? Do we just check that? There's no one here. Receive nobody at the old Hooters building. (name withheld).
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Location mentioned:
S 84th St & S Hosmer St, South End, WA 98444
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