Crime & Safety
Rollover Accident Shuts Down Wollochet
A teenage driver flips over his car after he struck a vehicle on Wollochet Drive NW.
A rollover, non injury accident Thursday afternoon temporarily shut down traffic on Wollochet and Fillmore drives.
Officials are still investigating the exact cause of the accident. According to witnesses, the crash occurred when one of the drivers -- identified as student at , -- attempted to pass a car that was waiting for another vehicle to make a left turn onto Spruce Lane NW.
The teen driver's four-door sedan clipped the back end of another vehicle and rolled onto its roof, witnesses said. The 4:15 p.m. accident blocked both traffic lanes of Wollochet Drive.
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and the responded to the accident. No one was hurt.
As of Thursday evening, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department had not yet released additional information regarding traffic citations for any of the drivers involved.
