19-year-old woman killed in Pierce County after car veers off road, strikes guardrail

A 19-year-old woman was killed when the car she was driving veered off state Route 16 near Gig Harbor on Oct. 10, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A WSP news release says the woman was driving east at 7:33 a.m. when her car left the road to the right and struck the guardrail, landing in the ditch. The wreck occurred near 24th Street Northwest. There were no other vehicles involved.

She was not wearing a seat belt, the news release said. The woman was pronounced dead at Tacoma General Hospital, according to the release.

Clarification: The ME’s report said the woman was from Silverdale. An initial report of the incident stated she was from Everett.

This story was originally published October 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM.

Julia Park

The News Tribune

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Julia Park is the Gig Harbor reporter at The News Tribune and writes stories about Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, Fox Island and other areas across the Tacoma Narrows. She started as a news intern in summer 2024 after graduating from the University of Washington, where she wrote for her student paper, The Daily, freelanced for the South Seattle Emerald and interned at Cascade PBS News (formerly Crosscut).