63-year-old man dies after car crash in Pierce County

TACOMA, Wash. — A 63-year-old man has died after his car flipped over on a Pierce County road late last night.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, 911 callers reported the single-vehicle collision along Vickery Avenue East, just after midnight Thursday.

Deputies arrived alongside Central Pierce Fire and Rescue crews and allegedly found the vehicle upside down in a ditch on the east side of the roadway.

Firefighters were able to extricate the driver, a 63-year-old man who was later declared dead.

The sheriff’s office says that it appears speed and wet roadways may have been a factor in the crash.