Hit-and-run suspect flees after roadside confrontation

Heard on: Pierce County Sheriff Dispatch - East

01:17

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

And just returned on a hit and run that occurred Orville Rd and 168th.

00:02

RP's following the suspect vehicle, currently heading northbound for 200 and sixty-six.

00:08

It's a utility truck, (number withheld) .

00:12

Our (number withheld) RP's in a pink Jeep Wrangler, pending 616 .

00:16

Oroville 23.

00:20

23.

00:24

I'll do an area search for that hit and run on Oroville.

00:28

All right, if you look at our GPS, it stopped following as well.

00:31

They're seen on 162 just east of Oroville.

00:34

The suspect vehicle is a work utility truck, (number withheld).

00:41

Copy.

00:44

23,

00:50

I'm not sure now, but it looks like RP might be confronting the driver.

00:53

They pulled over here on 162, just east of Eatonville, and they may be arguing on the phone.

01:02

Where is he?

01:04

Thanks, officer.

01:09

Three 23 , it looks like they're in front of (number withheld) SR 162 at the back manufacturing.

01:15

The suspect vehicle is taking off again, heading eastbound.

2026-10-21 13:16 UTC

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WA-162, Orting, WA 98360

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a possible hit-and-run near Orville Road and 168th, involving a work utility truck. The reporting party followed the suspect vehicle, which was later seen on State Route 162 just east of the Orting and Eatonville area. The reporting party may have confronted the driver before the truck left again, heading eastbound.