SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A teenager has been charged with driving under the influence after a Spokane police officer ran a red light and struck the teen’s car.
The Spokesman-Review reports (https://bit.ly/1nq2I29 ) that court documents say Officer Seth Killian ran a red light on Dec. 8 and crashed into a car driven by a 16-year-old boy. Officers say the teen smelled like marijuana and had bloodshot and glassy eyes.
Documents say he admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before the crash.
Spokane police are still investigating. Killian was at fault, but Internal Affairs Lt. Justin Lundgren says the department will review whether Killian could have prevented the crash.
Killian was not drug tested. Lundgren says it’s only policy to test officers involved in collisions if there’s reasonable suspicion that they’re impaired.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, https://www.spokesman.com
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