US EditionWSP reports ‘critical incident’ involving trooper near Port of Tacoma Road
Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was killed while investigating a crash on SR 509; the driver stayed and cooperated, with weather and visibility cited as possible factors.
- On Friday night, Washington State Patrol confirmed Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was struck and killed on southbound SR 509 near Port of Tacoma Road.
- Tacoma Police Department is overseeing the investigation, and the driver who struck the trooper remained at the scene and cooperated; WSP Chief John Batiste said weather and visibility may have contributed.
- Guting joined the State Patrol in January 2024 and had graduated from the academy 13 months earlier.
- WSDOT posted that SR 509 was closed on December 20, 2025, and the roadway remained closed until further notice; a procession of first responders escorted Guting’s body to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
- WSP Chief John Batiste said the loss deepens agency mourning as Guting was the 34th trooper to die in the agency’s 105-year history and the family from Hawaii is being supported.
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Recently-graduated WSP Trooper hit and killed while responding to crash in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma Police Department is investigating the death of a Washington State Trooper who was hit and killed while responding to a crash on SR 509 in Tacoma Friday night. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reported a crash around 7:36 p.m. near Port of Tacoma Road and I-705. Around that time, Washington State Patrol (WSP) confirmed to KIRO 7 that there had been a “critical incident” involving a trooper but …
Washington State Patrol trooper killed Friday evening in Tacoma, agency says
A Washington State Patrol trooper was killed Friday evening while responding to a collision in Tacoma, according to a statement from the agency.Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, died on duty.“Trooper Guting was standing outside of her patrol car investigating a two-vehicle collision when she was struck just before 7:30 p.m. on southbound state Route 509 near milepost 2, south of the Port of Tacoma,” the statement read. “Individuals on scene render…
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