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Man arrested after car crash on airport runway

Saturday 27/05/2017 - Source: AP Associated Press


A 21-year-old man who works at the Tacoma Narrows Airport was arrested early Sunday morning after taking a joyride on the airport's runway before crashing off the tarmac, police said.

The driver was arrested on investigation of vehicular assault, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. Both the driver and his passenger were taken to Tacoma General Hospital, but neither was seriously injured.

Fulghum said both work at the airport and had access to the runway. The Pontiac Grand Am crashed and rolled off the end of the runway shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning. One of the men called for help.

The 21-year-old worked at the airport for about a year fueling planes for PAVCO Flight Center. The company's owner, Mike Pickett, told The News Tribune of Tacoma in a story on its Web site Sunday afternoon that the man was a "good employee" but later added that what he did was "a foolish thing to do."

Pickett said the car's passenger - a 27-year-old - is a contract worker for the FAA at the airport.


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