The Washington State Patrol is seeking witnesses after an incident involving a woman who was struck on Interstate 5 near 185th Street Thursday, Dec. 21.
The state patrol said it received 911 calls at approximately 6:15 p.m. Thursday reporting an individual who was laying in the lanes of northbound I-5 near 185th.
“Troopers and the fire department responded and discovered that a female was deceased and that she had come off of the overpass onto I-5,” patrol spokesperson Trooper Rick Johnson said in a news release. “Further information revealed that a vehicle struck this person, pulled over and then left the scene northbound on I-5.”
Witnesses described the vehicle as a boxy, silver compact vehicle that would have front-end and undercarriage damage, he said.
WSP detectives are seeking anyone that has in-car video or any other information that would help identify the vehicle that was involved. Contact Detective Todd Early at Todd.Early@wsp.wa.gov.
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