AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. — The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office arrested a driver early Wednesday morning in a fatal crash with a pedestrian.
According to SCSO, a driver hit a pedestrian walking along Sunset Highway near Russell Street. The driver, 22-year-old Robert Bitcon, called law enforcement reporting the crash around 1:15 a.m.
Bitcon told he believed he hit someone or an animal and was waiting for first responders in a nearby parking lot.
Deputies located the pedestrian and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Deputies arrested Bitcon suspecting him of being under the influence.
The crash is under investigation.
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