vehicular homicide

Based on the totality of the evidence, the State dismissed the case without prejudice in the interests of justice. If any additional evidence comes to light, the State will evaluate the case anew.

MOUNT VERNON (AP) — A Washington man has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison after being found guilty of vehicular homicide April 24. The Skagit Valley Herald reports 49-year-old Nicholas Angasan had been sentenced last week after a weeklong trial...

RITZVILLE (AP) — A mother was killed after her son fell asleep at the wheel along U.S. Highway 395 in Adams County. The Spokesman-Review reports that Jaciel Parra Medina was driving south of Ritzville, Washington at about 5 a.m. Monday when the SUV he was driving left the road and rolled...

WALLA WALLA (AP) — A Washington state man is facing charges in connection with a head-on collision last year on U.S. Highway 12 that caused the death of a 17-year-old girl. The Union-Bulletin reports that 25-year-old Kasey Parsons of Walla Walla was charged Tuesday with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault...

VANCOUVER (AP) — A Washington state man found guilty of causing a deadly highway crash has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. The Columbian reports Dean Imokawa of Battle Ground was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in the 2015 crash...

SAMMAMISH (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for a woman arrested in connection with the death of a man in a car prowling incident in a Seattle suburb. The Seattle Times reports 23-year-old Ka'Deidre Rials was ordered held Monday on investigation of vehicular homicide and identity theft...

SEATTLE (AP) — A 23-year-old man accused of driving drunk on New Year's Eve in Seattle and crashing into a motorcyclist, who died days later from his injuries, is facing vehicular homicide and hit-and-run charges. The Seattle Times reports that James Krogh is expected to be arraigned on the charges Thursday...

SEATTLE (AP) — A man accused of driving off a Seattle freeway ramp and killing a 19-year-old man inside a tent has waived his first court appearance and had bail set at $250,000. The Seattle Times reports a judge found probable cause Wednesday to hold Oscar Gutierrez-de Jesus on investigation of vehicular homicide and hit-and-run in connection with the Monday crash...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been convicted of murder for a fiery crash that killed his girlfriend as they fled from police in a stolen truck last year. The News Tribune reports that a judge Monday found Anthony Hem guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery...

(BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found a Bellingham man not guilty on vehicular homicide and vehicular assault charges in connection with crashing his vehicle into four high school students in 2015. The Bellingham Herald reports the jury returned the verdict after deliberating for about five hours Wednesday in the case against 35-year-old William Jeffrey Klein...