1 hospitalized after motorcycle crashes into home in Midland area Thursday
Crews transported one patient to the hospital after a motorcycle crashed into a house near the Midland area Thursday, a Central Pierce Fire & Rescue post on X says.
The home is in the 3900 block of 104th Street East. “Firefighters are making temporary repairs to stabilize the structure,” the post said.
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue District Chief Matthew Black confirmed in a phone call that crews were dispatched at 3:43 p.m. and that the motorcyclist was the transported patient.
Pierce County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Carly Cappetto said that the 29-year-old motorcyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed before crashing into a car at a nearby intersection. The person in the car that was hit didn’t suffer injuries, but the car was damaged, she said.
Witnesses reported seeing the motorcycle traveling recklessly and erratically before the collision. The impact of the collision sent the bike flying, and it rolled through someone’s picket fence before coming to rest on the home’s front porch, she said. There was structural damage to the home.
The motorcycle rider, who had been ejected from the bike, fled on floot and “asked nearby residents to ‘hide him in their house’ since he had guns and he couldn’t be caught by the police,” a Pierce County Sheriff’s Office report about the incident stated. “When deputies arrived, the residents informed them he was in their backyard attempting to hide in a garage.”
Deputies took the man into custody. They found two firearms in the motorcyclist’s backpack, one of which was confirmed stolen, and determined that he has a history of warrants for his arrest, Cappetto said.
He was transported to the hospital, and after his release will be booked into jail on suspicion of multiple offenses including a hit-and-run after colliding with an attended vehicle, possession of a stolen firearm and resisting arrest, Cappetto said.
The sheriff’s office report also said deputies found “individual baggies paired with a large quantity of drugs” in the motorcyclist’s possession and established probable cause “for delivery of a substance in lieu of a controlled substance.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details about the motorcyclist and a collision preceding the bike’s crash into the house, and to align with an account of the incident in a sheriff’s office report.
This story was originally published August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM.
