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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

A driver was charged with vehicular homicide for allegedly killing 16-year-old Justin Relethford along Highway 410 in Enumclaw on Oct. 31. Police said 20-year-old Cody Money was the driver of the pickup truck. He said he told police the night of the incident that he looked down to answer his cellphone.  Police documents revealed multiple marijuana-smoking devices were found in Money’s truck. Three hours after the crash, Money’s blood was drawn and it tested positive for marijuana and oxycodone.

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Date: 
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

A man speeding away from police crashed a stolen car into a woman who was driving home from work near Des Moines, leaving her critically injured Wednesday night. Both drivers were in intensive care at Harborview Medical Center. As the man was being cut from the wreckage, he asked deputies if the woman he hit was still alive. The 51-year-old victim had no time to react. Investigators said the driver of the stolen car slid across the centerline, crushing her car head-on.

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Two people died in an accident on Highway 101 near Potlatch State Park in Mason County. The driver of a Honda Accord lost control Tuesday and the car spun, crossing the center line and colliding with an oncoming Kenworth truck hauling two empty flatbed trailers. Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell identified the dead as Mary Irene Johnson, 51, of Hoodsport, and Richard Lee Bieniek, 52, of Hoquiam. The driver of the semi was not hurt.