SPOKANE, Wash. – The mom of a person who was killed in a suspected DUI crash is sharing her grief in hopes it can stop one other household from going via the identical. June to August are usually the deadliest days for drivers.
Jacqueline Collins desires everybody to do one easy factor earlier than getting in a car.
“Consider your mom,” she stated.
Collins says she at all times informed her son Brandon McDonald that she beloved him. She says she by no means ended a dialog with out ensuring he knew how she felt.
“It’s like I may see it coming,” she stated. “I at all times needed him to know I beloved him.”
In late June, she remembers waking up with a horrible feeling.
“(The crash) occurred round 3:00 within the morning, and I awoke at 4:00,” she stated. “I couldn’t return to sleep. I’ve been waking up then for days now. It’s like this eerie feeling. A mom’s intuition.
She stated quickly after, she acquired a name from officers letting her know her son had handed.
“We buried him on what would have been his fortieth birthday,” she stated.
Courtroom paperwork define what police imagine occurred to Brandon. They state he was a passenger in a car pushed by Selina Juarez, discovered wrecked close to Napa and Trent.
Responding officers discovered the automotive ‘closely broken’ with the windshield and roof caved in, and airbags deployed. However data state Juarez was, ‘adamant she didn’t collide with something,’ regardless of the ‘large harm’ completed to her car. Officers state she informed them she had a spare tire on her car and ‘misplaced management’ when attempting to brake.
Courtroom paperwork state officers famous the ‘odor of intoxicants coming from her particular person whereas separated from the car.’ She was later taken to the hospital, and officers state her blood vials for toxicology have been taken and positioned into police property for testing.
Juarez did seem in courtroom for a vehicular murder cost, however the case has seemingly gone nowhere since. As of Tuesday, it doesn’t seem through courtroom data that she is at the moment dealing with fees in connection to the deadly crash. Her bail has additionally been exonerated, based on courtroom data.
Brandon’s household says they only need justice.
“I miss my son,” his mom stated. “I cry all day.”
Jacqueline says her son was humorous, decided, and beloved by many, however provides, he too at instances, struggled with ingesting.
“We had talked about getting him into counseling,” she stated. “He was attempting to change into a greater man. One dangerous choice value my son his life.”
And that’s why this household requested KHQ to share their story. They simply don’t need this sort of harm to occur to anybody else.
“Simply suppose twice,” she stated. “If I will help one particular person not put their mom via this, then I did my job.”
The household says they have been informed the investigation into what occurred might take a 12 months, partly as a result of testing. KHQ reached out to WSP concerning the lag in toxicology testing and outcomes. A spokesperson did verify there’s a backlog within the course of, calling it ‘a major delay’ in the intervening time. They are saying the sheer quantity of blood coming in with out sufficient lab and technicians to course of them in a well timed method is resulting in the lengthy wait.
They are saying they perceive household’s want closure however wish to guarantee every thing is finished correctly and never rushed.
