1 Killed When Speeding Street Racer Hits Pickup In Spanaway

SPANAWAY, WA — One person has died after a street race led to a hit-and-run collision in Spanaway Wednesday afternoon.

According to Washington State Patrol Troopers, two passenger cars had been racing and "traveling recklessly" down 174th Street, when one ran a stop sign onto SR-7. But as the car pulled onto the state route, it slammed into a bystander's pickup truck that had been in the road heading north. Photos of the crash site show that the force of the collision caused both the speeding car and the pickup to roll into the yard of a nearby US Bank.

Instead of stopping, the other racing car, a white Honda, took off. By the time first responders arrived, they say the driver of the pickup truck had died from injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the car that hit the pickup survived, and has been taken into police custody.

Troopers then began to search for the missing Honda, but quickly found it around 2:30 p.m. The Honda's driver has also been taken into custody. Troopers say both drivers are being booked and that their detectives will be recommending both be charged with vehicular homicide and assault for their part in the race that caused this deadly accident.

SR-7 had to be closed near the crash site for several hours, but has since reopened.