Local Cyclist Recovering After Hit-and-Run Accident

A local family needs your help identifying the driver who allegedly drove off after hitting a cyclist in Gig Harbor.

The 42-year-old Fox Island woman was riding her bicycle on southbound Ray Nash Drive NW, just north of the , on Thursday around 8:50 p.m. when a white SUV clipped her from the left side.

According to the victim’s husband, a teen driver was about a quarter-mile behind the cyclist when a large white SUV swerved out and passed her car at a high rate of speed. Moments later, the teen driver rounded the curve and found the woman lying on the road.

“My wife remembers hearing a louder than normal sound of a car coming up from behind her and then being hit on her left side,” the husband told Gig Harbor Patch on Friday. “While she doesn’t remember the impact of hitting the ground, she did look to see the SUV speeding away with no attempt to stop.

He also said another resident stopped by the site and told a similar story of an erratic driver in a large white SUV further south of the accident. 

The cyclist suffered bruises and cuts, and she is now recovering at home.

“That lack of character and humanity by another local resident seems to be adding mental pain to the physical side of things for her at this point,” the husband said. “(It’s) sad to know that someone could do this and not even attempt to stop and help.”

If you have any information on this accident, please contact the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department at 253-798-4947.