A 49-year-old man has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after striking a pedestrian crossing a heavily trafficked Parkland roadway in March, court records show.
Michael James Allen was charged this month in Pierce County Superior Court with failing to remain at an accident resulting in death. He was arraigned on Wednesday when a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. He was ordered to be released on personal recognizance pending criminal case proceedings, according to court records.
Allen, an Ellensburg resident, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the left lane on southbound state Route 7, or Pacific Avenue, when he hit a man crossing the road from west to east shortly after 7 p.m. on March 3. The victim was using an unmarked section of the roadway, less than 100 feet from a marked and lighted crosswalk, and bystanders had yelled at him not to walk into traffic prior to the crash, according to a Washington State Patrol investigative report…