15-year-old driver blamed for fatal crash
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. -- The San Juan County sheriff's office says a 15-year-old was behind the wheel of a speeding car that hit a group of bicycle riders and a jogger, killing the jogger and injuring a 7-year-old girl.
Sheriff Bill Cumming said the driver and a 17-year-old who was in the passenger seat had been working on the 1974 Chevrolet Nova and took it out for a spin Sunday afternoon on Lopez Island.
The teenage driver lost control and plowed into the pedestrians and bicycle group about 2:40 p.m. on Lopez Sound Road.
A 26-year-old jogger from Abbotsford, British Columbia died at the scene.
The 7-year-old girl who was on the bicycle was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe injuries.
The two boys who were in the car were not wearing seat belts and, the boy who was in the passenger seat was also airlifted to Harborview.
The boy who was driving was treated at a hospital and released to the custody of his parents, Cumming said.
Sheriff Bill Cumming said the driver and a 17-year-old who was in the passenger seat had been working on the 1974 Chevrolet Nova and took it out for a spin Sunday afternoon on Lopez Island.
The teenage driver lost control and plowed into the pedestrians and bicycle group about 2:40 p.m. on Lopez Sound Road.
A 26-year-old jogger from Abbotsford, British Columbia died at the scene.
The 7-year-old girl who was on the bicycle was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe injuries.
The two boys who were in the car were not wearing seat belts and, the boy who was in the passenger seat was also airlifted to Harborview.
The boy who was driving was treated at a hospital and released to the custody of his parents, Cumming said.
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