A Tacoma man is suing Pierce County for negligence after his truck was hit by a driver who swerved to avoid stop sticks while fleeing law enforcement.
Joshua Crawford, 39, was uninvolved in the pursuit in July 2024 and had pulled over for emergency lights in an area just south of 104th Street East and Waller Road. As the suspect’s Honda Civic quickly approached, a deputy near Crawford deployed the sticks, causing the suspect “to become airborne, flip over and crash into plaintiff at a high rate of speed,” according to the lawsuit filed July 25 in Pierce County Superior Court.
Attorney Thad Martin, who is representing Crawford, said in an interview Wednesday his client sustained mostly soft-tissue injuries when his Dodge Ram was struck, including to his neck and back…