A woman died after being hit by a vehicle on US-2 near Monroe, Washington, just after 6:30 a.m. The vehicle was an unmarked King County Sheriff’s Office car. The 26-year-old woman was struck in the westbound lanes in an area without traffic controls. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The driver is a King County Sheriff’s employee and is cooperating with authorities. The vehicle was taken for analysis. Westbound US-2 was closed for three hours, and traffic was detoured onto Blueberry Lane S.E. Monroe Police and the Washington State Patrol are investigating the incident…