A car launched off a road and landed in the Puyallup River. Here’s what happened

By Angelica Relente

Updated January 16, 2024 11:40 AM

A car landed in the middle of the Puyallup River early Friday morning.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt. Darren Moss Jr. told The News Tribune that a man was driving in Fife around midnight when he launched into the river near North Levee Road East and Frank Albert Road East.

Moss said he might have been driving too fast and missed a turn.

Our Dive Team will be out on Tuesday to recover the vehicle. Thank you to the Puyallup Tribal Police who got a boat in the water to pickup the driver who was sitting on top of the car when they arrived. https://t.co/SV0xNFIDZD pic.twitter.com/1GenHtrGhS
— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) January 12, 2024

The Puyallup Tribal Police Department rescued the driver, who was sitting on the top of the car. He was not injured.

The Pierce County Metro Dive Team planned to recover the car Tuesday, Jan. 16, due to road and weather conditions.

A man was driving in Fife around midnight Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, when he launched off North Levee Road East and Frank Albert Road East. Courtesy of Washington State Patrol Trooper John Dattilo

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This story was originally published January 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM.

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Angelica Relente covers topics that affect communities in East Pierce County. She started as a news intern in June 2021 after graduating from Washington State University. She is also a member of Seattle’s Asian American Journalists Association. She was born in the Philippines and spent the rest of her childhood in Hawaii.

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