The driver was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide
Kent, WA. – A pedestrian died after being struck by a car early Thursday morning in Kent.
According to the police, the accident happened around 2:30 a.m. on Pacific Highway South and South 240th Street.
The 39-year-old man was walking across Pacific Highway South and was struck by a silver SUV.
The man was killed in the accident.
The driver fled the scene but was later located by Des Moines police officers near 20th Avenue South.
The driver, a 32-year-old Seattle man, was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide.
More details about the accident were not released.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
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