Update: Driver ‘lucky to be alive’ after hit-and-run in Lakewood

LAKEWOOD, WA – A 20-year-old driver is lucky to have escaped a hit-and-run collision on Monday with only a broken leg, KOMO reports.

The unidentified man was driving south on I-5 just north of Bridgeport when the car in front of him braked suddenly. The victim moved over a lane, but the other vehicle moved into the same lane, colliding with his Honda and pushing it off the road. The other motorist kept driving and did not stop to check on the victim.

The victim’s Honda is totaled, but he should recover. State troopers are still searching for the causing driver.

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