The driver of a Toyota Corolla that crashed on Seabeck-Holly Road NW on Jan. 11, killing three young passengers, was not under the influence of marijuana at the time of the wreck, Kitsap Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scott Wilson said.
Wilson said he spoke with an investigator who told him that the levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, – the psychoactive chemical in marijuana – found in blood drawn from the driver after the crash was below the threshold for being considered “under the influence.”
The driver, Marcus Allen McKay, of Bremerton, admitted to law enforcement he had smoked marijuana around 2 a.m. at a party prior to crashing the car.
McKay lost control of the 1996 Toyota Corolla he was driving on Seabeck Holley Road NW on Jan. 11 around 3:16 a.m.
McKay was speeding 75 mph in a 45 mph zone when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. His passengers, Olympic High School students Kassidy Miranda Clark, 16, Jenna M. Farley, 14, and Luther James Wiggins-Stoudermire, 18, died in the crash.
McKay plead guilty to three counts of vehicular homicide for driving without regard for the safety of others. He was sentenced to 45 to 108 weeks in juvenile detention. The actual time spent in prison would be determined by the Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation Administration’s assessment of McKay’s behavior in jail.
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