Crime & Safety
Fatal Crash As Car Strikes Pole On SR 16
A car struck a pole and then fell 60 feet down an embankment into a drainage ditch.
GIG HARBOR, WA - Police are investigating following a fatal crash on westbound SR 16 Tuesday night. A car struck a pole and ended up falling 60 feet down an embankment into a drainage ditch. The on-ramp at 24th Street NW was blocked following the wreck at 8:42 p.m.
The driver was a 57-year-old Shelton man in a 2005 Dodge Ram. He was pronounced dead at the scene. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Gig Harbor Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
Collision SR16 @ 24th is now a fatality. The male driver died @ scene. WSDOT en route to assist with traffic control during investigation
— Trooper Brooke Bova (@wspd1pio) February 28, 2018
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Car struck a pole and ended in a drainage ditch west SR16 to 24th. Troopers & aid on scene. Ramp is blocked to 24th.
— Trooper Brooke Bova (@wspd1pio) February 28, 2018
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