Three injured in hit-and-run crash near Yelm

Two women were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 507 south of Yelm on Thursday morning.

The driver thought to have caused the crash sustained a head injury and ran from the scene, according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Brooke Bova. He is described as a short Hispanic man wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt.

A K-9 unit was brought in to help search for the man.

The crash occurred at about 5:40 a.m. near the intersection with Manke Road. According to WSP, all three vehicles were northbound on Route 507 when one of them, a Chrysler sedan, slowed down to make a left turn. A Ford pickup behind it also slowed down, but a Ford van in the back struck the pickup, which then struck the sedan.

The driver of the sedan, a 29-year-old woman from Centralia, was taken to a local hospital with a broken nose and jaw. The pickup driver, a 24-year-old woman from Yelm, was taken to the hospital with neck and back injuries.

A 4-year-old boy in the pickup was not injured.

This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 9:26 AM with the headline "Three injured in hit-and-run crash near Yelm."