CRIME BLOTTER

WSP needs your help to find hit-and-run driver responsible for deadly crash

Mar 17, 2026, 5:20 PM

Hit-and-run SeaTac...

WSP is looking for the car involved in a deadly hit-and-run Sunday morning in the SeaTac area. (Courtesy WSP. Not actual vehicle.)

(Courtesy WSP. Not actual vehicle.)

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) needs your help to find a hit-and-run driver involved in a deadly crash this week in the SeaTac area.

On Sunday morning at approximately 3:22 a.m., police began receiving 9-1-1 calls about a crash on I‑5 South, just south of the South 200th Street on-ramp.

The driver of a Toyota Prius was pronounced dead at the scene.

WSP: 3 vehicles involved in deadly incident

“The investigation determined three vehicles were involved in the incident, which consisted of two collision events,” WSP stated in a news release. “The first collision left the victim vehicle disabled in the roadway, which led to the secondary collision with a Subaru.”

Investigators believe the driver who caused the first crash stopped and stayed at the scene briefly, but then took off.

“Detectives also recovered debris at the scene with Mercedes markings and believe the running vehicle may be a 2009-2017 two-door E-class coupe or similar style Mercedes,” WSP stated. “The suspect vehicle will have damage to the front passenger side corner and bumper.”

If you saw the crash or have any information, you are asked to contact Detective Aidan Lawlor at Aidan.Lawlor@wsp.wa.gov or call 360-890-1558.

Frank Lenzi is the News Director for KIRO Newsradio. Read more of his stories here.

Crime Blotter

Seattle University...

James Lynch

Man accused of peering under Seattle University restroom stall held on $75,000 bail

Prosecutors alleged Karl George Allman, 42, looked beneath a restroom stall partition at a woman inside the women’s restroom at Seattle University.

44 minutes ago

Ballots...

Nia Bliss, KIRO 7

USPS bins with elections ballots discovered in dumpsters at Seattle’s Golden Gardens

King County Elections (KCE) confirmed two bins with election ballots were found in a dumpster at Seattle’s Golden Gardens this week.

1 hour ago

drug trafficking Seattle Chinatown US Attorney...

Regan Gallo-Fenz

Final sentence handed down in Seattle Chinatown drug trafficking case

A Newscastle man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for leading drug trafficking operations across Seattle homeless encampments.

2 hours ago

CARE vehicle crisis response...

Julia Dallas

Seattle crisis response vehicle stolen during Greenwood welfare check

A CARE vehicle was stolen while responders were conducting a welfare check in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.

2 hours ago

trading cards stolen cali...

Associated Press

At least $963K in trading cards stolen from a FedEx truck near PSA headquarters

Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth at least $963,000 that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia.

8 hours ago

copper wire theft lighting lakewood...

Chris Sullivan

Wire theft knocks out more lighting along I-5 in Lakewood

Here we go again. Thieves who ripped wire from Washington State Department of Transportation electrical boxes impacted drivers in Lakewood earlier this week.

8 hours ago

WSP needs your help to find hit-and-run driver responsible for deadly crash