Overnight Collision Leaves One Dead – Suspect Arrested

Last night, officers responded to the report of a head-on collision in the vicinity of Tukwila International Blvd and S 116th St. Responding officers discovered that the driver of one of the vehicles had fled the scene on foot. The other driver was trapped in their vehicle with critical injuries. He later succumbed to those injuries after being transported to the hospital.

A K9, drone and King County Guardian 1 helicopter responded to assist officers in locating the suspect that had fled from the other involved vehicle which was determined to be a stolen vehicle. It took officers almost an hour and a half to get to the suspect who had attempted to hide himself in extremely thick vegetation after fleeing on foot. Ultimately, officers had to use a fire department chainsaw to access the area where the suspect was. The suspect refused to comply with commands and K9 warnings at which point the K9 was deployed resulting in the suspect being taken into custody.

The Tukwila Police Department Traffic Unit detectives responded to the scene to investigate the incident. The suspect was booked into jail for vehicular homicide.