Driver Faces Negligent Driving Charge in Salzer Valley Road Crash - The Chronicle

The driver, Blake S. Cohoon, 25, of Arizona, has been referred to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office for a charge of first-degree negligent driving. The Riverside Fire Authority and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 7:40 p. m. to reports of the collision. Cohoon was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle, a 1991 two-door Honda CRX, was destroyed. Aid personnel reported to Sheriff’s Office deputies that they smelled alcohol on Cohoon and the passenger confirmed that he had been drinking prior to the crash, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Source: www.chronline.com