YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of running over a woman with a sports utility vehicle after she refused refused his offer to make some money has been arrested, authorities said.
The Yakima Police Department responded to a 911 call Sunday about a woman screaming for help near Interstate 82, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported Thursday.
The woman told officers she was walking home from a convenience store when the driver pulled up near her and asked her if she was interested in making money, which she said she interpreted as a request for sex, a police affidavit said.
The woman refused the offer and the driver clipped her before hitting her and running over her as she tried to escape, the affidavit said.
The woman was taken to a hospital with nine broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a shattered thigh bone, authorities said. No additional information was available on her condition.
Police obtained surveillance video showing the woman being hit and located a red Ford Explorer matching the description of the vehicle that the woman provided, authorities said.
Officers stopped the SUV and found what police believed to be human hair on the front undercarriage of the vehicle, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported.
The 19-year-old driver was booked into the Yakima County jail Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree assault. His bail was set at $75,000.
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