{"id":63909,"date":"2023-08-28T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/auburn-woman-18-dies-in-one-car-crash-in-downtown-kent\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:52:31","slug":"auburn-woman-18-dies-in-one-car-crash-in-downtown-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/auburn-woman-18-dies-in-one-car-crash-in-downtown-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn woman, 18, dies in one-car crash in downtown Kent | Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 18-year-old Auburn woman was killed in a one-car crash early Saturday morning, Aug. 26 in downtown Kent on West Smith Street, just west of Fourth Avenue North<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jackeline Ramirez died of a blunt force injury of head, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Aug. 28 media report. The car crashed into a tree, according to an Aug. 29 email from Kent Police Assistant Chief Jarod Kasner.<\/p>\n

Kent Police and Puget Sound Fire responded at about 1:03 a.m. after a nearby security guard called 911 to report the crash, according to an Aug. 28 Kent Police statement.<\/p>\n

Officers and firefighters found the driver of the vehicle, an 18-year-old Tacoma man, sitting in the driver’s seat of the severely damaged vehicle, according to police. The Auburn woman was unconscious and had to be extricated from the passenger’s seat.<\/p>\n

Firefighters began CPR on the woman and other lifesaving measures, but the woman died at the scene, according to police. Paramedics transported the driver to a local hospital with significant injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n

The initial investigation suggests that intoxication may have been a factor, according to police. Neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Police traffic unit officers continue to investigate what led up to the crash and are looking at a potential vehicular homicide arrest of the driver.<\/p>\n

“Our investigation into this collision continues,” Kasner said.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Kent Police tip line at 253-856-5808, email KPDTipLine@kentwa.gov or call the non-emergency dispatch line at 253-852-2121. Refer to case No. 23-11310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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