Police search for car theft suspect who fled accident

Published 10:21 pm Monday, July 16, 2007

SMOKEY POINT – Snohomish County deputies joined a stolen vehicle pursuit along with Arlington and Marysville police south of Smokey Point Boulevard on Monday evening.

The fleeing car posed a threat to deputies and other people on the road, so they called off the pursuit, said Rebecca Hover, sheriff’s office spokeswoman.

However, the driver of the stolen car continued on, clipping one vehicle on 108th Street NE and then hitting a truck near the intersection of Highway 9. No one in the truck was seriously injured, she said.

The driver of the stolen vehicle then ran away. Marysville police dogs and a sheriff’s helicopter assisted with the search.

However, the search was called off about 7:30 p.m., Hover said. Highway 9, which had been closed for more than an hour, was reopened.

The suspect was described as an adult white male about 6 feet tall. No other information, such as his age, was available Monday night.

Oak Harbor: Man injured in accident

An 86-year-old man was injured Monday on Highway 20 a half mile north of Oak Harbor when his car served to the right, striking two trees and then came to a stop against a nearby house.

The accident occurred about 5:40 p.m. on Highway 20 near Ault Field. Joseph A. Thompson of Oak Harbor was driving a 1991 Ford Crown Victoria. He was treated for cuts to his head and broken ribs, according to a Washington State Patrol report.

From Herald staff reports