Bellingham police said a teen who hit and killed a pedestrian then fled the scene on New Year’s Day had been text messaging, drinking and high on mushrooms.
The victim’s wife reported 54 year old Mark Christian as missing Friday night after he did not return home after his nightly walk.
An officer checking the Arroyo Park area where the man usually walked found a van with recent damage to its windshield, police said.
Upon running a check on the van’s license plate, the officer discovered the van was Air Jordan 2 Retro recently reported stolen.
The focus of the investigation turned to the stolen van police believed was connected to the pedestrian’s death.
Police said the owner of the van told officers that his son Air Jordan 13s had sent him a text message earlier that night saying the van had been stolen. The owner then called police.
Police said throughout Friday night Jordan Winterized 6 Rings and the Saturday morning, the man’s 18 year old son, Sean Crissy, told friends he had been involved in a crash.
After Crissy was taken into custody Saturday afternoon, police said the teen told officers he had been driving Jordan Retro 2 the van and texting when he hit the pedestrian. He also said he had been drinking and was “tripping” on mushrooms, police said.
Crissy allegedly told police that after the crash he drove the van to Arroyo Park, sent a text message to his father that said the van had been stolen and then walked away.
The boy was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on charges of Jordan Pro Strong suspicion of vehicular homicide.
Crissy flashed a peace sign to his friends who filled the observation room at the Whatcom County Courthouse during his first court appearance Monday.
Crissy’s friends said substance abuse has been a problem for the high school senior.
Police said the hit and run was the result of a combination of bad choices that ended in a man’s death.
“Texting, drinking, taking hallucinogenics, any one of those factors in and of themselves is a hazardous position to be put in when you’re driving and for pedestrians. When you add the three of them together this victim had no chance to survive this,” said Mark Young with Bellingham police.
Crissy’s bail was set at $400,000.
Christian is survived by a wife and two children.
From Our News PartnersCarolina Panthers Newton repeatedly refers to Lion’s DT as ‘Donkey Kong Suh’Army officer barred from entering daughter’s school in uniformPanthers owner weeps while addressing domestic violence issueNew witnesses to Michael Brown shooting say teen had hands upPhotos: Remembering the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News headlinesPedestrian injured in Bellevue hit and run, police arrest driverPedestrian struck by Sodo bound sounder train in critical conditionKing County prosecutors say HIV positive man ‘continues to endanger public health’Arrests made as minimum wage battle moves to BellevueTroopers: Driver reading magazine leads to road rage incident on I 5 MoreKIRO 7 WeatherWeatherKIRO 7 Interactive Doppler Radar5 Day ForecastAdvertisers and SponsorsFree ClassifiedsCars at AutotraderLocal Services at KudzuCoupons at Valpak.
Leave A Response