SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — State Patrol says a half-empty bottle of vodka was found in the SUV that struck a car with three Federal Way teenagers, killing two of them, as the man arrested for the crash made his first court appearance.
Canadian citizen Alexander E. Peder appeared in King County Superior Court Friday and ordered held on $1 million bail. He is being held for investigation of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
Two teenagers — Derek King and Nicholas Hodgins — died from injuries suffered in the collision. A third, Anthony Beaver survived.
The teens were in Beaver’s car when they were rear-ended by an SUV on Interstate 5 Wednesday night after their vehicle stalled.
