Hit-and-run strikes pedestrian on Interstate 5, Tacoma WA


The audio reports a vehicle struck a pedestrian on Interstate 5 near exits 5-6 and then fled. Responders say they have no description of the vehicle. The recording also mentions a separate welfare check for an elderly neighbor with mental health issues who arrived at a home crying and then left.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - South
00:26
Transcript:
Information three-sector. Tacoma Fire Department and State are being advised of a vehicle versus a pedestrian, hit and run, stopped on Interstate 5 in the area of exits 5-6. We have no description of the fleeing vehicle. Information 1424. For sector opening a welfare check, 201, E-702nd. The elderly neighbor who has mental health issues came to the reporting party's residence crying, then walked off. Dispatched, warning 1425.
Information three-sector. Tacoma Fire Department and State are being advised of a vehicle versus a pedestrian, hit and run, stopped on Interstate 5 in the area of exits 5-6. We have no description of the fleeing vehicle. Information 1424. For sector opening a welfare check, 201, E-702nd. The elderly neighbor who has mental health issues came to the reporting party's residence crying, then walked off. Dispatched, warning 1425.
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I-5, Tacoma, WA
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