スポケーン在住の22歳の男が、5月に発生した友人が死亡し他数名が負傷した自動車事故を巡り、過失致死罪などで起訴された。検察当局によると、男は当初被害者に罪をなすりつけようとしたが、後に自身が運転していたことを認めたという。
サロム・バトロク被告は、21歳のドウェイン・アイセイアさんが死亡した事故における過失致死罪1件および過失傷害罪2件で起訴されている。事故は5月8日午前7時30分頃、スポケーンのW.エアポート・ドライブとS.スポッテッド・ロード付近で発生し、バトロク被告のBMWが電柱に衝突した。
A 33-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his girlfriend died following a vehicle crash on May 2. Allen Michael Alberts is accused of delaying medical help for 40-year-old Nichole Shoultz while violating a no-contact order.
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Douglas Proehl, a 69-year-old Wisconsin man, pleaded not guilty to charges including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle after a January crash that killed 17-year-old Chloe Bishop and injured her father. Police reported his blood alcohol content was 0.115, more than the legal limit, and he appeared more concerned about his new truck than the victims. He remains in custody after a judge denied a bond reduction.
A 32-year-old Maryland woman, Lydia Hanson, received a nine-year prison sentence for negligent automobile manslaughter after driving drunk and killing 78-year-old Richard Snyder. The fatal crash happened on March 16, 2025, one day after Hanson was charged with DUI just a few miles away. Her blood alcohol content measured 0.34, over four times the legal limit, while she sped at 99 mph in a 55 mph zone.
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A 19-year-old driver in Aurora, Colorado, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a fatal car crash last year that killed a mother and her teenage daughter. Olvin Lidenis Carcamo-Meza admitted fault after authorities said he ran a red light at 121 mph in a 40 mph zone. He faces up to 40 years in prison at his June 1 sentencing.