67Dart273
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guy came off a ramp, ran a stop sign, hit two cars, and ran over and killed a woman. HE KNEW his brakes had a problem FOR TWO WEEKS!!
Court documents allege driver of van that struck, killed woman in downtown Spokane knew brakes didn’t work properly
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Michael J. Lucey, the 62-year-old driver of a van that struck and killed a woman in downtown Spokane Monday morning, apparently knew his vehicle’s brakes didn’t work properly, he told officers at the scene.
In recently released court documents, Lucey told responding Spokane police officers that he knew of the issue “for about two weeks,” and that he recently had to add brake fluid to the reservoir but continued to drive the vehicle. Police arrested Lucey Monday for vehicular homicide.
Officers talked to multiple witnesses, who all said Lucey’s 1996 Ford van failed to stop while exiting the Interstate 90 westbound off-ramp at Third Avenue and Division Street. It slammed into two vehicles parked at the red light: a 2015 Hyundai sedan and a 2013 blue Ford Escape.
Lucey tried to go in-between the two vehicles, witnesses told officers, but crashed into the left-side bumper of the Hyundai, before hitting and dragging a woman in her mid- to-late 50s who was crossing the street under his van. Witnesses said they observed Lucey get out of his van and attempt to flee the scene, before he was detained.
One witness told police that when he checked on the woman, she initially had a pulse. He told officers people tried to lift the van to get her out but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene. "
Court documents allege driver of van that struck, killed woman in downtown Spokane knew brakes didn’t work properly
"
Michael J. Lucey, the 62-year-old driver of a van that struck and killed a woman in downtown Spokane Monday morning, apparently knew his vehicle’s brakes didn’t work properly, he told officers at the scene.
In recently released court documents, Lucey told responding Spokane police officers that he knew of the issue “for about two weeks,” and that he recently had to add brake fluid to the reservoir but continued to drive the vehicle. Police arrested Lucey Monday for vehicular homicide.
Officers talked to multiple witnesses, who all said Lucey’s 1996 Ford van failed to stop while exiting the Interstate 90 westbound off-ramp at Third Avenue and Division Street. It slammed into two vehicles parked at the red light: a 2015 Hyundai sedan and a 2013 blue Ford Escape.
Lucey tried to go in-between the two vehicles, witnesses told officers, but crashed into the left-side bumper of the Hyundai, before hitting and dragging a woman in her mid- to-late 50s who was crossing the street under his van. Witnesses said they observed Lucey get out of his van and attempt to flee the scene, before he was detained.
One witness told police that when he checked on the woman, she initially had a pulse. He told officers people tried to lift the van to get her out but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene. "
