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Family turns in driver suspected of hitting 2 WSP troopers

Courtesy of Washington State Patrol

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — A family turned in a hit-and-run driver suspected of crashing into two Washington State Patrol cars in Tacoma on an icy Wednesday night.

Winter weather that continues to create havoc for the South Sound on Thursday morning likely played a role in the wreck, said trooper Brooke Bova. A reported distributed Thursday morning said drugs or alcohol were involved.

The wreck occurred on Pacific Avenue near 38th Street. A silver SUV crashed into two troopers, who were blocking a lane for a disabled vehicle. They were not injured. The driver fled the scene in the damaged 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe.

Thursday morning, the family of a 23-year-old woman turned her in and she was arrested and booked into Pierce County Jail.

Snow and frigid temperatures have been creating trouble on South Sound roads since Wednesday.

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