YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Police Department says a man died after being hit by a car early Saturday morning.
The crash happened in the 100 block of South 2nd Street, according to police.
Officers found the 28-year-old victim near a parking lot and tried to save him, but sadly, he died at the scene.
Investigators later found the driver and arrested him. The 29-year-old man was booked into the Yakima County Jail on a vehicular homicide charge.
Police haven’t said whether drugs or alcohol were involved.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Detective Lukas Hinton at (509) 575-3509 or reach out to Yakima Crime Stoppers.
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