Auburn man, 22, killed in early morning car crash

A 22-year-old man died this morning near Auburn when the car he was riding in crashed in a one-car accident around 4 a.m.

The driver ran off and was not found, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

The car was going south on 46th Avenue South when it went through the stop sign at a "T" intersection at South 352nd Street and hit a tree. The victim, from Auburn, died at the scene. He was the only passenger in the 1990 Nissan Stanza, said Sgt. John Urquhart.

The incident remains under investigation.