A 63-year-old man was killed early Thursday when his car overturned in a single-vehicle crash along Vickery Avenue East in unincorporated Pierce County. Deputies and firefighters arrived to find the vehicle on its roof, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators are still working to determine what caused the rollover.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and Central Pierce Fire and Rescue were dispatched at 12:18 a.m. on March 19 to a report of a single-vehicle collision in the 10900 block of Vickery Ave E. The agency said the car was found upside down and the 63-year-old male driver was dead. In its post, the sheriff’s office also reminded residents to call 911 in an emergency.
Where the crash occurred
The 10900 block of Vickery Ave E sits in the Summit area east of Tacoma, a stretch that has seen its share of serious wrecks in recent years. KIRO 7 reported a deadly motorcycle crash near Vickery and 104th Street East in August 2025, underscoring that this corridor has seen high-severity collisions.
Traffic safety in the region
Traffic deaths across Washington remain stubbornly high. Preliminary figures from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission put 2024 fatalities at 731, a decrease from the 2023 peak but still well above pre-pandemic levels. Locally, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department reports that motor-vehicle crashes continue to rank among the leading causes of injury-related deaths in the county…