FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A 29-year-old man suspected of DUI was arrested for vehicular homicide after a 16-year-old boy was hit and killed during a car crash in Federal Way on Friday night.
The crash happened along Pacific Highway South just before 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23.
According to Federal Way police, two vehicles collided in an intersection before one left the roadway and struck the teenager, who was standing on a nearby sidewalk.
Police and emergency responders tried to save the teen, but he died at the scene.
Both drivers stayed at the scene. Police said one of them, a 29-year-old man, was suspected of driving under the influence and arrested for vehicular homicide.
The police department’s Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the incident.
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