Pedestrian hit by vehicle in Tacoma hospitalized with life-threatening injuries

A 29-year-old man was struck by a vehicle Tuesday night in Tacoma and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The collision occurred north of the Tacoma Dome in the 1000 block of Puyallup Avenue between McKinley Avenue East and East K Street. The Tacoma Police Department reported the incident on Twitter at about 10:20 p.m. Police shut down that part of the road while officers and the Collision Investigation Team responded.

A 37-year-old woman driving a Ford sedan was traveling east when a man ran across the road and was hit. Police said the driver didn’t see the pedestrian, and no citation was issued. There was no sign that the woman was driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Police didn’t have an update on the man’s condition Wednesday morning.

This story was originally published February 9, 2022 at 7:43 AM.

Peter Talbot

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Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription