Personal Injury Law

Tacoma Hit and Run Kills Local Man

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

Early Sunday morning, a man was killed in a hit and run in Tacoma along Pacific Avenue. Police are still searching for the vehicle that hit him.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Ronald McKellar, 53, of Tacoma.

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According to Tacoma police, McKellar was struck somewhere between South 64th Street and South 72nd Street about 12:45 a.m. The vehicle that hit him was heading northbound on Pacific Avenue. McKeller died at the scene after being dragged or carried several blocks by the impact, police said.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).