Federal Way police are searching for a man who drove a stolen car through the scene of a DUI-related rollover crash on Monday.
At 11:07 p.m. on Sunday, police officers saw a 22-year-old man driving a Chevy Trailblazer recklessly on Pacific Highway South. Going southbound, the man was speeding, tailgating and quickly changing lanes multiple times, according to Cathy Schrock, a spokeswoman for the Federal Way Police Department.
“Due to the manner in which the driver was driving, it was believed the driver was driving under the influence,” Schrock wrote in an email. “Upon attemps to stop the vehicle, using both emergency lights and sirens on a fully marked police vehicle, the suspect began to elude.”
The man passed two vehicles in no passing zones and sped away until he lost control in a sharp right curve on South Dash Point Road. His car crashed into a guardrail and came to a rest upside down.
But while police were at the crash site, another man drove through at about 1:15 a.m. on Monday. Officers ordered the man to turn off the car and provide identification, but he refused and quickly drove through the accident scene.
Officers took the license plate number down and learned the stolen silver Ford Taurus he was driving belonged to a woman in Marysville.
A search for the stolen vehicle ensued with the help of Des Moines and Kent police departments, however, they could not find the suspect.
The man who stole the vehicle is described as an African-American man between 20-30 years old.
