Witnesses: Fight over gas money leads to deadly crash

Two friends arguing in the street over gas money led to a deadly hit-and-run crash Friday night in Tacoma, say witnesses who watched in horror as one of the women got into her SUV and ran over the other one.

The eyewitnesses say there’s no way it was an accident.

The driver later turned herself in – and now police have booked her into jail for investigation of first-degree murder.

KOMO News spoke with several witnesses who believe the hit-and-run was intentional. They say the driver waited until her friend stepped off the curb before she gunned her engine.

“What drew my attention was the argument out in the street,” says one witness, Mike Baugh.

The shouting match outside was enough to get Baugh to call 911.

Rhianda Dillon heard the commotion, too – and stepped out to see a few women arguing near an SUV. The argument was over gas money – and Dillon says at least one woman seemed drunk.

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