HIT AND RUNS- License Plate Numbers are Important

We hear about hit and run incidents every day on the news and in social media. Sometimes they involve a fender bender, if you are “lucky.” But just as often the collision involves serious injury or even death. Law enforcement agencies, both local and the Washington State Patrol, are always motivated to apprehend someone who causes a collision and leaves the scene of the crash.

According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Heather Axtman, in 2017, District 7 troopers (that includes Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties) investigated 538 hit and run collisions. However, with the lack of information on fleeing vehicles, the troopers could only solve 28% of those hit and run collisions. That is only 151 hit and run collisions solved.

Information that often is reported can be fragmented at best. Sometimes the information that witnesses provide is vague, like “a blue four door sedan.” But Trooper Axtman emphasizes a key piece of information that can be very helpful in an investigation is the license plate number. With that number, a law enforcement agency can look up who owns the vehicle and where they live. They can also determine if the vehicle has been stolen.

Hit and run crashes can happen quickly with the offending vehicle leaving the area in short order making it difficult for witnesses to see what happened. The State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies appreciate any information that witnesses can provide. A license number, however, is the gold standard in helping them complete a successful hit and run investigation.  



Washington State Patrol:

http://www.wsp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/011918_WSP-Seeks-Additional-Witnesses-To-Hit-Run-Collision.pdf

ESPERANCE- Sheriff’s Office Seeks Hit-and-Run Driver

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in finding a hit-and-run driver who hit and injured a 15-year-old boy in the vicinity of 92^nd Ave W at 4:45pm on Monday in the Esperance area near Edmonds.

The boy was struck by a mirror of a passing truck. He was taken to a local hospital and released. The mirror broke off and police have it as evidence.

Sheriff’s Office detectives believe the truck was a Ford F-150 pickup with a light color, possibly gold.

If you have any information that can help detectives find this driver please call (425) 388-3845.

The Herald article: http://heraldnet.com/article/20121212/NEWS01/712129831#Police-seek-hit-and-run-driver-in-Edmonds-area

 

EVERETT- Hit and Run Update

On Sunday, July 25, 2010, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation on a hit and run incident that killed a man in the 1100 block of 128th St SW. At first, the Sheriff’s Office associated a dark colored stolen Ford F150 pick up truck to the hit and run and to another hit and run further south of 128th.

As a result of further investigation, the Sheriff’s Office has determined that the Ford was not involved in the death. Deputies recovered the stolen truck this morning after a chase. A 19 year old male was taken into custody.

Detectives believe that a light colored extended cab pickup truck was involved in the hit and run death. The truck probably has front end damage. A nearby security camera shows a light colored truck near the scene.

Detectives also are looking for a dark colored SUV that may have been driven by a witness or witnesses.

If you have any information about this incident please call the Sheriff’s Tip Line at (425) 388-3845 or Detective John Cummings at 425-388-5432.


The Herald:

http://heraldnet.com/article/20100728/NEWS01/707289688&news01ad=1#Police.ask.for.help.in.hit-and-run.death

KIRO 7 News:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24430394/detail.html

EVERETT- Sheriff's Office Looking for Hit & Run Driver

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is looking for a dark-blue 2005 Ford Ranger with a Washington license plate B35457F that may have been involved in a hit and run crash in the vicinity of the 1100 block of 128th St SW south of Everett.

At 12:30am on July 25, 2010, a deceased man was found in the middle of 128th St SW. A witness told deputies that a dark colored pickup truck was involved in the hit and run. The description matched a stolen pickup that was involved in another earlier hit and run in the vicinity of 148th Street SW and Highway 99 near Lynnwood.

If you see this truck or know it's whereabouts call 911 or the Sheriff's Office Tip Line- 425-388-3845.

For more information:

The Herald: http://bit.ly/cM7pq8

KING5.com: http://bit.ly/dp5NHu