Blake Gaston killed in motorcycle accident on NE 10th St at 102nd Ave NE in Bellevue on Oct 4
Charge: Driver in fatal Bellevue crash was high on pot.
King County prosecutors have charged a 33-year-old Bellevue man with vehicular homicide, accusing him of driving high on marijuana and causing the death of a motorcyclist on Oct. 4.
Motorcyclist dies in Bellevue crash; other driver suspected of DUI
A 29-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Bellevue tonight when he was hit by a car whose driver is suspected of drunken driving, Bellevue police said.
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A Bellevue man alleged to have collided with a motorcycle rider while driving high on marijuana has been charged with vehicular homicide. Caleb Floyd, 33, cut off motorcyclist Blake Gaston on Oct. 4. Gaston, 23, struck the side of Floyd’s car and suffered catastrophic injuries. Floyd admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before the crash. Prosecutors contend a blood draw taken hours after the crash found levels of THC – the drug in marijuana – in Floyd’s blood to be nearly twice the legal limit. At 6 p.m. the day of the crash, Gaston was crossing 102nd Avenue Northeast on Northeast 10th Street when Floyd, who’d been headed east, cut left, a Bellevue police officer said in court papers.Unable to stop, Gaston laid down his KTM 450 motorcycle and slid into the side of Floyd’s Acura coupe. Medics responding to the crash rushed Gaston to Overlake Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Floyd has been charged with vehicular homicide.
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