Crime & Safety
Car Plows Into Parkland Home: Resident Injured, Driver Missing
The victim has been taken to the hospital but is expected to recover. Meanwhile, deputies are trying to track down the escaped driver.
PARKLAND, WA — Deputies are searching for the driver who plowed a car into a Parkland home and put a man in the hospital.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, Monday morning a Parkland man had been minding his own business in the comfort of his living room, when a Ford Mustang burst into his house.
The resident was hurt by falling debris and briefly trapped under a collapsed wall. Shortly after arriving, deputies were able to free the man and get him to a nearby hospital for treatment. He is reported to have non-life-threatening injuries.
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Now, deputies say they are working to track down the Mustang's driver, who fled the scene on foot shortly after the chaotic crash. No suspect description has been released.
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