Tumwater man, 86, killed in collision with car after turning left into private driveway

An 86-year-old Tumwater man died in a car crash Friday on state Route 706 in Pierce County.

Arvil Crase was riding in a vehicle that was traveling west at 226th Avenue at 10:45 a.m., according to a press memo and Washington State Patrol spokesperson John Dattilo. The man was killed when another vehicle traveling the opposite direction moved off the road and hit Crase’s vehicle, which had turned left into a private driveway.

Crase’s driver, an 86-year-old Tumwater woman, was injured and transported to Tacoma General Hospital. The driver of the other car, a 79-year-old man from Spanaway, was not injured, according to the memo.

This story was originally published October 11, 2024 at 6:01 PM.

Julia Park

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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).