Pierce County sheriff’s deputies were searching Wednesday for three people who hung out the windows of a moving car Saturday and assaulted a 71-year-old bicyclist in Puyallup.
Witnesses said three people were in a four-door sedan about 3 p.m. when the driver veered off Pioneer Way East in the 12800 block to move closer to the bicyclist, who was traveling in the same direction.
A woman in the front seat and a passenger in the back leaned out and began hitting and pushing the bicyclist, who lost control and crashed.
The victim, a Redmond man, was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with serious head and internal injuries. Witnesses said he was wearing a helmet.
Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and charging of the three suspects.
The woman was 18 to 25 and had strawberry-blond hair in a ponytail. The driver was described as between ages 16 and 20. The only detail witnesses noticed about the back-seat passenger was that he or she had short hair.
Stacia Glenn, staff writer
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