Complete Tacoma, WA accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Tacoma result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Tacoma crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a Tacoma accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Here are resources to help accident victims and their families after a Tacoma wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Tacoma Police Department;

Tacoma Fire/EMT Department;

Tacoma major hospitals include Multi Care Tacoma General Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center.

City of Tacoma Municipal Court Tacoma Municipal Court is a court of limited jurisdiction hearing traffic and non-traffic infractions, and criminal and criminal-traffic misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors.

Pierce County Superior Court;

Pierce County Criminal Court;

Tacoma real-time traffic report;

Washington State Insurance Commissioner site.

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Tacoma accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal crash occurs, a Tacoma personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. 

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Wed, 04/27/2016 Motorcycle Accident Motorcyclist Vince Dombrosky killed, and warrant issued for Daniel Bartolome-Diego, after hit-and-run collision at South 38th Street and South M Street in Tacoma, Washington
Wed, 03/23/2016 Car Accident Desiree Stipes, 36, Timothy Stipes, 48, and Gary Gillen, 65, killed and two injured in collision involving utility truck at S 14th St. and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Tacoma, Washington
Sun, 03/13/2016 Truck Accident Semi overturns on Tacoma Narrows Bridge when winds top 50 mph in Tacoma, Washington (VIDEO)
Sat, 02/27/2016 Car Accident Elias J. Solis, 19, killed and three injured in single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Tacoma, Washington
Tue, 02/16/2016 Car Accident Shane Peterson and Erik Pykkonen, both 21, killed in crash at South Mildred and South 10th in Tacoma, Washington
Wed, 01/27/2016 Pedestrian Accident Christel Elliott injured in collision with hit-and-run vehicle while jogging at L Street and South 19th Street in Tacoma, Washington
Tue, 01/05/2016 Pedestrian Accident Cortney Spencer, 29, seriously injured in collision with alleged drunk driver Brenda Pleasants, at East 38th Street and Pacific Avenue in Tacoma, Washington
Tue, 11/17/2015 Car Accident 5 hospitalized after car crashes into home daycare on E. 72nd Street in Tacoma, Washington
Mon, 10/12/2015 Car Accident Eiko Warren, 87, killed and one critically injured in car crash with semi truck at East Portland Avenue and Puyallup Avenue in Tacoma, Washington
Thu, 09/03/2015 Train Accident 1 injured after 2 train cars collide and 4 derail at Port of Tacoma, Washington
Mon, 08/31/2015 Train Accident Gary Dodson, 35, struck, killed by BNSF train north of Tacoma, Washington
Sat, 07/04/2015 Boat Accident Douglas Foster, 47, presumed dead, and Vicki Brown and Rob Brown injured after two boats collide in Commencement Bay near Tacoma, Washington
Fri, 06/19/2015 Pedestrian Accident Brian Kelley, 51, killed in possible hit-and-run on East 72nd Street in Tacoma, Washington
Fri, 04/17/2015 Car Accident Steven Ferris, 29, killed when car crashes through guardrail near Tacoma Avenue South Bridge and falls 100 feet to railroad tracks below in Tacoma, Washington
Mon, 03/30/2015 Pedestrian Accident Woman killed after car exiting I-5 strikes her in Tacoma, Washington