TACOMA, Wash. — A woman is dead after the car she was driving barreled through a fence and into a front yard in Tacoma, and KIRO 7 talked to the man who discovered the gruesome scene. It happened just before 2 O’clock Sunday morning at 96th and Yakima.
Tony-- who didn't want to give his last name or show his face on camera-- shot video of firefighters cleaning up the horrific wreck just outside his house. He says there was nothing they could do-- Tony was the first on the scene, and he says there was nothing he could do.
"I went around the car and the lady was laying here all mangled up and bloody and her jaw was all twisted,” he told us.
Tacoma police say the 27-year-old driver of the SUV died instantly when she likely ran a red light and T-boned a tow truck. Her car ended up through Tony's fence, and he said the sight was disturbing. But it's the image of the driver's husband arriving at the scene that he says is most disturbing.
“[He was] screaming 'oh no, oh no, oh no, where's she at? Can I see her? Can I see her? Can I see her?' And the cops were like' no you can't go over there, you have to stay here.' And that's when he got on his hands and knees and started crying."
Tony saw a cell phone on the driver's lap; he says police told him she had been talking to her husband when she crashed. He says he wishes he could have helped, but he says at least seeing this may help someone else.
"It's going to make me think about going through yellow lights now, after I seen what I seen,” he concludes.
Tony says police told him the driver was likely going twice the speed limit, which is 30, although police told us they are still investigating. The driver of the tow truck was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries.
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