Mike Turner, the young man police say was behind the wheel of the deadly crash on Sunday morning, was facing six previous driving charges after an accident last month. According to our news partners the Seattle Times, Turner was arrested on March 6th on suspicion of drunken driving.
The Times cites the police report, saying police responded to the intersection of NW 65th St and 20th Ave NW on March 6th just before 4 a.m., where witnesses say they saw a white van hit several parked cars and speed away. The report goes on to say, according to the Times, that the first officer on the scene found the van crashed into a tree in a planting strip at NW 67th St. The Times, citing the police report, states that “police found an unopened bottle of beer inside the van and a plastic baggie containing a number of pills in Turner’s jacket pocket. He admitted he had taken some pills recently, but did not have a prescription for them.”
The Times reports that charging papers state that six charges were filed against Turner including driving under the influence, first-degree negligent driving and hit-and-run driving. You can read more about this incident in the full article by Seattle Times reporter Sara Jean Green. (Photo courtesy Seattle Times)