Hit and Run Suspect Killed in Crash

koh no 24 news

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is reporting that the suspect in a hit and run accident has been killed in another accident during a police pursuit. The Sheriff’s office says deputies got a report of a hit and run accident shortly before 8:00 yesterday evening. They quickly located the suspect vehicle in a gas station on College Parkway. The suspect vehicle rammed the police SUV and took off at a high rate of speed on College Parkway. The driver lost control of his vehicle at Airport Road and crashed onto Carson Airport property. The driver, described as a Hispanic adult male, was ejected from the vehicle and killed. It was determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen earlier in the afternoon.