Semi-Truck Driver Dead in Crash on Berkeley Avenue [Tacoma, WA]

1 Dead after SUV Crash on Berkeley Avenue in Tacoma

Tacoma, WA (June 29, 2023) – Early Thursday morning, a driver died in a crash on Berkeley Avenue.

The crash on Berkeley Avenue happened at about 5:30 a.m. on June 29.

Reportedly, two armed robbery suspects in an SUV who were trying to get away from Lakewood Police slammed into a semi-truck near JBLM, killing its driver.

According to Tacoma police, at least five masked suspects robbed an employee and customer at a 7-Eleven at 3116 Sixth Avenue in Tacoma at 12:44 a.m. Thursday. Several of the suspects had handguns.

Around 5:30 a.m., a Lakewood officer spotted the suspects’ SUV in the Tillicum neighborhood and tried to pull it over, but the driver sped away. Seconds later, a semi-truck traveling southbound on the Berkeley Avenue overpass to I-5 was struck by the suspects’ SUV at high speed. The impact spun the tractor — or cab — of the tractor-trailer around, and the driver was ejected from the truck onto I-5 below.

EMS transported the semi-truck driver to a hospital where he was declared dead.

The robbery suspects in the SUV — two juvenile boys — were arrested. Their ages are not yet known. Both were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Police are still looking for the three other robbery suspects.

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We at Sweet Lawyers extend our sympathy and condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased victim. May the bereaved find strength and comfort in this difficult time.

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