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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Automotive
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Semi vs. car collision takes down power poles, closes lane in Puyallup
A semi-truck vs. car collision took out power lines and partially closed the road near the intersection of North Meridian and River Road in Puyallup Thursday afternoon, according to the Puyallup Police Department. An X post sent just before 3:30 p.m. advised people to take alternate routes around the area. Traffic has been reduced to one lane for drivers traveling eastbound on River Road turning north onto North Meridian, according to the post and Puyallup police spokesperson Kevin Gill. Gill said the semi-truck collided with a car and pushed the car into a power pole. Puget Sound Energy is on the way, he said at about 3:40 p.m. The Puget Sound Energy outage map shows 13 customers impacted in the area near the collision and that the agency is assessing damage as of a 3:35 p.m. update to the map. The estimated restoration time is 6 p.m. today, the map said. Gill said that the driver of the involved car has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. The Washington State Patrol will do a commercial vehicle check on the semi-truck to check that the truck is in compliance with safety regulations, he said. He said he would expect the scene will be cleared in a 'couple hours,' but that the closure may 'cause some significant traffic issues for the time being' because of higher traffic levels anticipated in the area on the Thursday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Puyallup couple found shot dead 30 years ago. Who killed the Andersons?
Thirty years ago this month, Graig and Anita Anderson returned to their Puyallup home from a school concert and would not be heard from by their loved ones again. The next day, the Andersons were found shot to death on their living-room couch in what authorities said resembled a professional hit. 'They both had been shot multiple times. There was no sign of forced entry. Nothing appeared to be missing from the residence. Cash and other valuable items were still in the home,' Puyallup Police Department Capt. Kevin Gill told The News Tribune recently. Their murders remained unsolved, taking on cold-case status. Graig, also known as Andy, 62, served as an F-4 combat fighter pilot during the Vietnam War and retired from the U.S. Air Force, according to an online obituary. He and Anita were married on Oct. 10, 1953, and had one son and three daughters, the obituary said. They moved to the Puyallup area in 1992 and were owners of ERA Pacific Realty Inc. in Tacoma. They also owned a mobile home park in Texas. The obituary said that though Anita would be busy with business affairs, she would find time to devote to her adult children and seven grandchildren. The Andersons lived in a two-story home the Manorwood West neighborhood in Puyallup. The upscale neighborhood was showcased in 1986 as Pierce County's first 'Street of Dreams,' according to a 1995 News Tribune report. Neighbors told The News Tribune at the time that the Manorwood was a quiet neighborhood, 'the perfect place.' Graig and Anita went to a concert at Cascade Christian School at 8:30 p.m. on May 16, 1995. They returned home that night, and the next day their friends and family noticed the couple were not answering their phones, Gill told The News Tribune. That prompted some family members to go to the Anderson's home at 8:48 p.m. in the 3700 block of 21st Street Southeast where Andy and Anita were found shot in the head on the living room couch. 'They both had been shot multiple times. There was no sign of forced entry. Nothing appeared to be missing from the residence. Cash and other valuable items were still in the home,' Gill said. The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office noted the murders resembled a professional hit, he said. 'That's certainly something that the detectives looked at,' Gill said. 'But we don't have any theory saying that it was truly like a professional hit, but it was kind of an execution style murder.' Somebody had been in the home and somehow got in to kill the Andersons, he said. There are a couple working theories on why someone might have wanted to kill the couple, but Gill could not comment on them as it is part of the active investigation. After Anita and Graig's bodies were found, Puyallup police dedicated their available resources to solving the murders. At the time, there was a low homicide rate in the city, The News Tribune report said. 'It was a pretty shocking homicide for the Puyallup community,' Gill said. Gill said when it comes to cold cases, detectives look for how today's advanced technology could help with any forensic evidence and also tips from people who might have valuable information. 'People age people over the years have time to reflect, and somebody out there might be sitting on information that they, for whatever reason, have chosen not to share,' he said. Gill said it is important to continue bringing attention with cold cases because a whole lifetime has passed of police officers, a generation of neighbors, family and friends. 'So keeping this out there, letting people know what's happening, that this is still an open case and a case we very much want to solve, that's a big help to us,' he said. Information about the shooting can go the PPD's Tip Line at 253-770-3343 or tips@ 'We know that there's people out there that have to have some kind of information, and anything, any tips, any insight, however seemingly small, could be very important to the case,' Gill said.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Got expired meds? Drop them off today for free at these local police departments
Several local police departments in Pierce County are encouraging anyone with old or unused prescription medication to dispose of them at their locations for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. This initiative from the Drug Enforcement Administration is a way to prevent medication misuse and opioid addiction from starting, according to the department's website. Here are the police departments participating from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pierce County Sheriff's Office's South Hill Precinct: 271 John Bananola Way East Puyallup Police Department: 311 West Pioneer Avenue Lakewood Police Department: 9401 Lakewood Drive Southwest The Fife Police Department posted on X that they offer a secure drop box for residents to drop of unused or unwanted prescriptions during their lobby hours from Monday to Thursday at 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m at 3737 Pacific Highway East.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Got expired meds? Drop them off today for free at these local police departments
Several local police departments in Pierce County are encouraging anyone with old or unused prescription medication to dispose of them at their locations for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. This initiative from the Drug Enforcement Administration is a way to prevent medication misuse and opioid addiction from starting, according to the department's website. Here are the police departments participating from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pierce County Sheriff's Office's South Hill Precinct: 271 John Bananola Way East Puyallup Police Department: 311 West Pioneer Avenue Lakewood Police Department: 9401 Lakewood Drive Southwest The Fife Police Department posted on X that they offer a secure drop box for residents to drop of unused or unwanted prescriptions during their lobby hours from Monday to Thursday at 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m at 3737 Pacific Highway East.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Yahoo
Suspected DUI driver crashes after driving wrong way away from officer in Puyallup
A 39-year-old man suspected of DUI crashed into a curb and trees in Puyallup early Saturday morning after fleeing a police officer, according to a Puyallup Police Department press release. The police officer attempted to stop the driver, who was driving the wrong way, at East Main and 3rd Street Southeast at about 2:15 a.m., but the vehicle 'fled the wrong way on 3rd Street Southeast at a high rate of speed,' the release said. The officer didn't chase the vehicle. Another officer later found the vehicle had crashed near the intersection of 7th Avenue Southeast and 3rd Street Southeast, after failing to make a turn, according to the release. The driver appeared alcohol-impaired, and one passenger, a 52-year-old man who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, suffered 'serious but non-life-threatening injuries.' There were no other occupants in the vehicle, Puyallup Police spokesperson Kevin Gill confirmed in a text message. He also added that the driver was booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault and eluding. Parts of the 300 block of 7th Avenue Southeast were closed for the investigation, led by the Metro Major Collision Response Team, earlier this morning, but were reopened in time for the 12:45 p.m. Daffodil Parade, according to the release and Gill.
