Olympia police investigating fatal hit-and-run on Martin Way early Friday

Police in Olympia are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a man Friday morning.

The Olympia Police Department was dispatched at 2:45 a.m. to the 3400 block of Martin Way East on Friday morning. A person in the area had noticed a man in the middle of the road who was bleeding.

When police arrived, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Lt. Paul Lower said police determined he had been struck by a vehicle.

Police are still searching for the driver but have not released any identifying information to the public yet. Martin Way East near Providence St. Peter Hospital was closed until around 9:30 a.m. Friday, Lower said.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call the non-emergency number at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published February 11, 2022 at 7:23 AM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription