One killed, one injured after man driving high causes fatal crash in Buckhannon

BUCKHANNON, W.Va (WDTV) – One man is dead and one woman was seriously injured after a crash in Buckhannon on April 7. Police say Matthew Whitehead was driving while high on medical marijuana before crashing into a sedan at the intersection of Highway 33 and Kesling Mill Road. When officers arrived, they say Whitehead had…

Police ID driver of U-Haul truck accused of killing UD student, injuring 7 others

Officials identified the driver of a U-Haul truck accused of killing a University of Delaware student and injuring seven other people in a chain-reaction crash in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday. Gordon Turner, 22, of New Castle, Delaware, was arrested and charged with murder – death caused during commission of a felony, murder – reckless conduct showing indifference…

Florida driver in bus crash used marijuana oil night before, arrest report says

A driver involved in the fatal Florida bus crash has told police he smoked cannabis oil the night before the collision, according to an arrest report. Police say Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, sideswiped a bus carrying dozens of farm workers with his vehicle. The Tuesday morning accident killed at least eight people and injured dozens….

Man smoked marijuana oil, took medication before deadly Florida crash, affidavit says

OCALA, Fla. − A man told investigators that he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before his pickup truck sideswiped a bus, killing eight farmworkers, in Florida, according to an arrest affidavit.  Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, was charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter after the collision Tuesday killed eight people and injured dozens more. The…

After Crash That Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Chief Says People Underestimate Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers

DETROIT (AP) — A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana. Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy made the appeal to parents Thursday as her agency released the final report on the…

3 teens killed in Lynnwood crash are identified; driver was 16

The three high-school students killed in an early morning crash in Lynnwood on Wednesday have been identified by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. The victims are Landon M. Staley, 16, of Everett; Travin K. Nelson-Phongphiou, 16, of Everett; and Mikayla Sorenson, 15, of Bothell. The cause of death for each was listed as multiple blunt-force injuries,…

Court documents: Man arrested in fatal I-5 Lakewood crash smoked pot, took Xanax

TACOMA,Wash. — The 23-year-old man arrested in an Interstate 5 crash in Lakewood that killed three people smoked marijuana and took the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in the hours before the fatalities and was looking at his phone just before the incident, court documents say. Court documents say the man, identified as Montrell Red, routinely uses both drugs…