Sheriff’s Office seeking suspect in fatal collision; victim identified | Update

The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office is trying to locate the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Indianola early July 4.

INDIANOLA — The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to find the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Indianola early July 4.

A 23-year-old man was struck by a car in the 20500 block of Nachant Drive NE around 3:05 a.m. Investigators from the sheriff’s office and Suquamish Police Department and emergency crews from North Kitsap Fire & Rescue went to the scene.

The man was found unresponsive with visible trauma apparently caused from being struck by a motor vehicle, according to the press release issued by the sheriff’s office. NKF&R emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

The identity of the deceased will be released after the Kitsap County Coroner has contacted his next of kin.

The driver of the vehicle, suspected to be a silver sedan with lower front-end damage, fled the scene.

Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Scott Wilson said July 6 that officers are following up on multiple leads. Anyone with information about the suspect vehicle or driver should contact Deputy Darren Andersson, 360-337-4634. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound at 1-800-222-8477.

The Suquamish Police Department is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and criminal charging of the suspect.

1:50 p.m. July 7 update
The victim of the hit-and-run collision has been identified as 23-year-old Jordan Dale Adams-Wickham of Indianola, the sheriff’s office reported.

In a press release issued by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, the cause of death was given as blunt force injuries to the head, neck, torso, abdomen and lower extremities. His death has been ruled an accident.

In the investigation, Wilson said they’ve received “probably half-a-dozen tips” through Crime Stoppers, but all those implicated have been cleared.

 

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