Benitez-Santana was convicted of vehicular homicide and assault after causing the crash that killed Trooper Gadd.
EVERETT, Wash. — Raul Benitez-Santana will be sentenced Wednesday in the crash that killed Washington State Patrol Trooper Christopher Gadd in March 2024.
Benitez-Santana was convicted of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in June after a criminal trial. According to court documents, Benitez-Santana was driving 107 mph while under the influence when he struck Gadd’s parked patrol vehicle on the shoulder of southbound Interstate 5 near Marysville. The crash killed Gadd, 27, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Mr. Benitez-Santana had too much to drink, he mixed
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