Group involved in reckless driving at ferry terminal, Tacoma WA

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Reported: 11/22/2025 08:55 PM

Pearl St, Tacoma, WA

A group of five or six vehicles were seen doing donuts at the Vashon Ferry Terminal. A larger group of about 20 to 25 racers gathered. An older gray BMW fled from police, failed to yield, and drove recklessly near Pearl Street, nearly hitting an officer before fleeing southbound.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North

02:9

Transcript:

00:00

It's about five or six razors doing donuts at the Vashon Ferry Terminal.

00:04

We're going to try to contact them.

00:07

I've got a Vashon Ferry Terminal.

00:08

If we're glad to come, I could you have the RP come down and let us then, please.

00:18

Nipa (number withheld).

00:21

Where else that's six? We've got an older gray BMW taken off on me,

00:26

heading towards roundabout on Pearl,

00:29

and 53rd.

00:32

Copy, are you following it?

00:37

Sorry,

00:38

John... It's a failure to yield at the moment, and he...

00:41

I'm gonna terminate because he's driving where he was homecoming driver.

00:44

The copper terminate in front of three seven.

00:50

Russell, Bob, you left on Park.

00:54

Westbound on Park, point of two-seven.

00:57

This one.

00:58

All right.

01:05

For office, I'm sorry, you can cancel .227.

01:08

Kempathy, point of two-seven.

01:13

This is five, I'll be out with the unlicensed black BMW,

01:17

53 in Pearl.

01:18

Thank you very much.

01:20

Thank you very much.

01:24

Thank you.

01:31

Information on sector car is responding to a possible house firing or south 14 and south ice information (number withheld).

01:40

C1 percent.

01:41

This is going to be J.O.3 and 7 can't cancel.

01:45

Copy.

01:48

For not.

01:53

We had probably about 20 to 25 racers show up during all that.

01:59

That beamer that ran from Russa 6 almost hit me,

02:05

but they're all G-OA southbound on Pearl from here.

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A group of five or six vehicles were seen doing donuts at the Vashon Ferry Terminal. A larger group of about 20 to 25 racers gathered. An older gray BMW fled from police, failed to yield, and drove recklessly near Pearl Street, nearly hitting an officer before fleeing southbound.

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