Tacoma man identified as victim of Auburn hit-and-run crash

A Tacoma was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday on an Auburn freeway onramp, Washington State Patrol reported.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified the man as 39-year-old Stanley Christopher.

Christopher was found dead about 4 a.m. on the ramp from southbound state Route 167 to state Route 18, according to State Patrol.

Christopher was walking away from a disabled vehicle, going northbound, on the left shoulder, at the end of the ramp from southbound SR 167 to westbound SR 18.

He was struck by an unknown vehicle and died at the scene, State Patrol reported.

The State Patrol is investigating.