Clasen, 35, was arrested in connection to the crash and booked into Benton County jail the next day on a 72-hour hold, police confirmed in a press conference. Clasen appeared in c

A Washington State Patrol trooper was charged with vehicular homicide after she allegedly plowed into a 20-year-old motorcyclist while drunk behind the wheel.

A motorist drives past investigative paint markings, engine fluid stains and debris from Saturday night’s fatal collision at the intersection of Highway 240 and Village Parkway near the Horn Rapids housing development Monday morning in Richland. Bob Brawdy [email protected]

A WSP trooper accused of driving under the influence and fatally hitting a motorcyclist in Richland has been placed on administrative leave.

An off-duty Washington State Patrol (WSP) trooper involved in a fatal collision late Saturday evening was arrested for DUI vehicular homicide, according to law enforcement officials.

A Washington State Patrol trooper is in jail following a fatal crash near Horn Rapids in Richland Saturday night.According to the Richland Police Department, Tr

A Washington State Patrol trooper was in jail after a crash that killed a motorcycle driver Saturday night on Highway 240 in Richland. Sarah Lee Clasen, 35, a trooper who also serves as the Tri-Cities area spokesperson for WSP, was listed as an inmate of the Benton County jail Sunday morning.

It was a busy Saturday night for local law enforcement. After multiple responses to DUIs over the course of a few hours, one of their own was behind bars and a man was dead.

The Richland Police Department arrested an off-duty Washington State Patrol trooper Sunday night on suspicion of hitting and killing a motorcyclist while intoxicated. WSP Trooper and Public Information Officer Sarah Clasen was booked into the Benton County Jail following a crash with a motorcyclist on a state highway near Horn Rapids around 7:40 p.