Woman dead after running pickup truck into utility pole on Pierce County highway
A woman died Thursday in Pierce County after her pickup truck struck a utility pole, deputies say.
Pierce County deputies were dispatched at 5:30 p.m. to the 24000 block of Orting Kapowsin Highway East for a crash. The driver was reportedly dead when deputies arrived. She was the only occupant of the vehicle, according to the Sheriff’s Department in a Facebook post.
Witness said the woman was driving southbound at a high rate of speed when she drove off the roadway and struck the utility pole, the post said.
Deputies also learned that just prior to the fatality, the woman was involved in a hit-and-run crash at the intersection of 224th Street East and Orting Kapowsin Highway East, the post said. The woman may have been driving under the influence when the crashes occurred, officials said.
