A 21-year-old Maple Valley woman, Sarah Kearney, was driving this 2007 Mustang at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday during a hit-and-run collision. Kearney was airlifted to Harborview with life-threatening injuries. The state patrol is asking for anyone with information to come forward. - Courtesy the Washington State Patrol
Courtesy the Washington State Patrol
A 21-year-old Maple Valley woman, Sarah Kearney, was driving this 2007 Mustang at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday during a hit-and-run collision. Kearney was airlifted to Harborview with life-threatening injuries. The state patrol is asking for anyone with information to come forward.

Maple Valley woman critically injured following hit-and-run collision and state patrol seeking witnesses

By DENNIS BOX
Covington Reporter Regional Editor
May 7, 2009 · Updated 10:35 PM 

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A 21-year-old Maple Valley woman, Sarah Kearney, sustained life-threatening injuries during a hit-and-run crash Tuesday, and the state patrol is asking anyone with information to come forward.

The crash happened at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on eastbound state Route 18, west of state Route 516.

A state patrol press release stated the woman was airlifted from the scene to "Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries."

According to Trooper Dan McDonald the state patrol wants to find the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision.

McDonald said the state patrol believe the vehicle is a "late 90s or early 2000 Isuzu flatbed, landscape-style truck."

The press release stated the troopers found the woman's 2007 white Mustang with two black racing stripes, "blocking the right lane just before the exit to SR-516."

There was extensive damage to the driver's side of the vehicle.

McDonald said troopers thought initially the woman may have rear ended the other vehicle, but further investigation has brought new evidence to light.

"We want to talk to the driver of the vehicle," McDonald said.

The state patrol is asking anyone with information to call Detective Ruth Medeiros at (425)401-7719.

Check below for a slide show of an Isuzu truck similar to the one the state patrol believe may have been involved in the hit-and-run collision and pictures of the 2007 Ford Mustang or follow the link, Click Here

Contact Covington Reporter Regional Editor Dennis Box at dbox@maplevalleyreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext. 5050.

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