Two adults and one child injured in crash on SR-904 near Cheney on Nov 9
Prosecutors: Man admitted to drinking before car accident that injured son
A Spokane Valley man charged with vehicular assault admitted to drinking two Bloody Marys and five beers before getting into a car accident that left his 8-year-old son with serious injuries, court documents say.
Driver arrested after crash near Cheney injures son
Washington State Patrol troopers arrested a driver suspected of vehicular assault after a two-car collision that critically injured the man’s 8-year-old son about a mile north of Cheney on Saturday afternoon.
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Curtis Cooley, 47, struck an oncoming car Saturday eastbound on state Route 904 while he attempted to pass a bus in a no-passing zone. His 8-year-old son was in the back seat and was rushed into surgery to repair a tear in his intestines. Cooley told Washington State Patrol that he’d been drinking at a tailgate before Eastern Washington University’s football game against Montana State. He also told troopers he felt the alcohol affected his driving. The driver of the other car, Raquel Caballero, a 21-year-old from Cheney, was injured and treated at a local hospital.
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