65-year-old woman killed in University Place Saturday by suspected drunken driver
A 65-year-old woman was killed Saturday in University Place following a reported drunken-driving collision, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
Fatal Collision in University Place last night. DUI driver of a large SUV drives head on into small sedan killing a 65 year old woman. Because of his impairment he was processed for DUI and charged with Vehicular Homicide
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The dispatch call came in Saturday at 5:51 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies and emergency medical technicians from West Pierce Fire and Rescue headed to the intersection of 35th Street West and Grandview Drive West, a few blocks from Curtis High School.
Witnesses reportedly told deputies that the driver of an SUV hit another vehicle that had slowed for a turn. The driver of the SUV, reportedly moving at high speed, kept going, turned a corner, and hit a small sedan stopped at a nearby stop sign, a statement from the sheriff’s department said. The woman in the sedan died at the scene.
The SUV driver, a 21-year-old man, appeared to be impaired by alcohol. He was arrested and booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide.