PORT ANGELES — Timothy P. Smith — one of the men wanted in investigation of Wednesday’s vehicle assault — turned himself in today to Port Angeles police.
Sgt. Barb McFall said the 27-year-old Port Angeles resident will be booked into Clallam County jail for investigation of rendering criminal assistance in the first degree.
Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly said she will have to review the police report before determining formal charges.
Smith allegedly drove Michael J. Moyle from the scene of a wreck on South Laurel Street at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say Moyle, 28, intentionally rammed a Subaru sedan with his Ford Mustang, sending the vehicle carrying two adults and two small children into a phone pole.
Moyle is still at large.
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EARLIER UPDATE:
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police found the truck allegedly used as a getaway vehicle after a hit-and-run wreck Wednesday but are still seeking the two men who were in it.
Deputy Chief Brian Smith said the truck was found unattended Wednesday evening on Old Mill Road.
Police are looking for Michael J. Moyle, 28, and Timothy P. Smith, 27, both of Port Angeles.
“We’re beating the bushes,” Sgt. Barb McFall said. “Someone will have to give them up.”
Moyle, police said, rammed his Ford Mustang into a Subaru Sedan carrying two adults and two small children, driving it into a phone pole on South Laurel Street.
Three occupants were sent to Olympic Medical Center. A 4-year-old boy was listed in stable condition today at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle,
One occupant, Tawny Baker, 48, remained at OMC that evening.
Smith said it remains unclear why Moyle targeted the car.
Moyle is described as 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds.
He has brown hair and eyes.
Smith, who drives a light-blue Toyota truck, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, police said. He has green eyes and brown hair.
Police are encouraging anyone with information on Moyle’s and Smith’s whereabouts to phone them at 360-452-4545.
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FIRST REPORT:
PORT ANGELES — Four people — including a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy — were hospitalized Wednesday after a driver intentionally rammed their car, driving it into a telephone pole, police said.
Port Angeles Sgt. Barb McFall said police don’t know why that driver — whom they identified as 28-year-old Michael J. Moyle of Port Angeles — rammed the Subaru carrying two adults and two children, all of Port Angeles.
Witnesses told police they saw the driver of a black Ford Mustang chase the Subaru from the Albertsons store at Lauridsen Boulevard and Lincoln Street to South Laurel Street and hit it in the back at a high rate of speed.
The force of the impact drove the Subaru sedan about 150 feet into a telephone pole near Viewcrest Avenue at about 11:20 a.m., McFall said.
“From what we can ascertain, it was an intentional assault,” she said.
The pole hit the car broadside on the rear driver’s side seat where the boy was sitting.
He was listed in serious condition Wednesday evening at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The girl was taken to Olympic Medical Center to be treated for a head injury. McFall said the girl was expected to be released later that day.
The children are not identified, police said, because they are minors.
The driver of the Subaru, Stewart M. Baker, and the front-seat passenger, 48-year-old Tawny Baker, were taken to Olympic Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, McFall said.
Tawny Baker was listed in stable condition Wednesday.
The girl and Stewart Baker were not listed as being at the hospital, a nursing supervisor said Wednesday evening.
Stewart Baker, 24, told police he didn’t know why the other vehicle was chasing them, McFall said.
McFall said there is no indication that road rage was a factor.
After the collision, Moyle drove his car about another block and a half before it died, apparently from damage suffered in the crash, she said.
He was driven from the scene by a man police identified as Timothy P. Smith, 27, of Port Angeles, McFall said.
Both men remained at large Wednesday.
Both Moyle and Smith were identified by a Port Angeles police officer who arrived as they were leaving in the Toyota, McFall said.
The officer recognized the two men but did not know at the time that the two were involved in the wreck, she said.
Moyle is described as 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds.
He has brown hair and eyes.
Smith, who drives a light-blue Toyota truck, is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, police said. He has green eyes and brown hair.
Police are encouraging anyone with information on Moyle’s and Smith’s whereabouts to phone them at 360-452-4545.
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