The off-duty Washington state trooper accused of running down a man with her car while driving with a blood alcohol level at least twice the legal limit faces homicide charges some six months after the fatal crash.
As Law&Crime has previously reported , Sarah Clasen, 35, allegedly struck and killed Jhoser Vega Sanchez, 20, in March. Her blood alcohol level at the time was 0.17, more than twice the legal limit, a probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime says.
She was charged with vehicular homicide on Thursday, court documents show.
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According to the probable cause affidavit, Clasen was seen on surveillance video exiting a "drinking establishme