PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (KOMO-TV) — Police say a driver was arrested in Washington state for allegedly killing a bicyclist while intoxicated and continuing to drive with the victim’s bicycle stuck to the front of his car.
The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old Thomas Johnson of Tacoma was found dead along a road south of Port Orchard Saturday afternoon.
A 40-year-old Port Orchard man who was not immediately identified was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run, vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of narcotics.
Authorities say the driver told a deputy he thought he struck a mailbox.