By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 24, 2017

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A hit-and-run driver struck and killed the driver of a golf cart on the Key Peninsula in Pierce County, Washington.

The News Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2qfKCle ) that the wreck happened about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says a car was traveling south on Wright Bliss Road when it struck the golf cart.



The driver then fled in his car, T-boning another vehicle nearby.

Troyer says the driver ran into a house and hid until deputies were able to arrest him.

The driver of the golf cart died at the scene, and the passenger was taken to Tacoma General Hospital. The driver of the T-boned vehicle was taken to a hospital in Gig Harbor.

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Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com

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