Douglas Davis, 57, killed when his car collides with a another vehicle, who's driver then flees the scene on foot near Tacoma.

Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are searching for a driver who killed a Tacoma man in a three-car crash Monday morning and fled on foot. The accident happened just before 6 a.m. in the 400 block of Waller Road. “We believe the hit-and-run driver crossed the center line and struck the victim head-on,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. Douglas Davis, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Davis worked at The Boeing Company. A third car crashed into the wreckage. That driver was not seriously injured. The suspect driver’s Chevrolet Cruze was totaled in the accident but Troyer said the man walked away from the scene. He has not yet been arrested. Update: The hit and run driver was arrested; see the second news link for more information.

What money damages are recoverable in a death claim? Every death from an accident is tragic. When a death is the result of someone else’s negligence, certain survivors may make a wrongful death claim against those responsible. Close relatives may recover monetary damages for the loss of financial support, as well as for medical, funeral, and burial expenses, lost earnings, and in some cases for pain, suffering, and loss of love and affection. Learn more about wrongful death claims here…