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,…

‘I want my dad back’: Letter written by Mass. State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy’s daughter read at sentencing of man found guilty in his death

There was a familiar sound Reisa Clardy heard that made her know one thing, her husband was home safe. But Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy’s black boots no longer walk through the door of their Hudson home. Reisa remembered her husband in Worcester Superior Court Thursday as the man convicted of killing Clardy was…

Teen driver charged in fatality had smoked marijuana before crash

The 17-year-old Mequon girl charged in the traffic crash that killed her friend had marijuana in her bloodstream, records show. Madeline Kudlata was charged Thursday with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle in the September rollover crash that killed Sydney Tabakin a fellow Homestead High School senior. A prosecutor and a lawyer representing Tabakin’s family in a civil…

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…

Driver In Crash That Killed 4-Year-Old Smoked Marijuana: Reports

BRENTWOOD, NY — The 19-year-old man who fatally struck a 4-year-old girl with his car while driving in Brentwood on Tuesday night was reportedly high on marijuana, according to multiple reports. Suffolk Police say Brentwood resident Christian Yanes was driving a 2018 Honda Civic northbound on Fulton Street at 6:50 p.m. when he struck Roussy A. Cabrera…

Man sentenced to 15-year-to-life term for crash that killed 3 in Lancaster

LANCASTER – A young man convicted of second-degree murder for a crash that killed three people at a Lancaster intersection was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years to life in state prison. Davion Murphy, 22, apologized to the victims’ families before being sentenced, and two of the victims’ family members offered their forgiveness, according to Deputy…

Driver Who Killed Peyton Knowlton, Age Eight, Gets 150 Days in Jail

Kyle Couch, 21, a onetime high school and college athlete who pleaded guilty to driving-related crimes in the 2015 accident that killed Longmont eight-year-old Peyton Knowles, has been sentenced to a maximum of 150 days in jail plus two years of probation. The punishment was meted out after prosecutors dropped a vehicular homicide charge that…