Court case in good Samaritan’s death postponed

Frahm is charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, hit-and-run injury and false reporting.

Rich Irvine, 63, died Dec. 19 from injuries he sustained when he stopped on the interstate on Dec. 7 to help the victim of a hit-and-run crash. Irvine was then struck by another vehicle.

Clark County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Vu added a charge of vehicular homicide against Frahm on Dec. 22.

On the morning of Dec. 7, Irvine pulled his vehicle over to the right shoulder of northbound I-205 near Burton Road, got out of the vehicle and crossed the highway to help a Battle Ground man whose Honda CRV had been rear-ended by a Ford F-150 pickup. The pickup’s driver, who had reportedly been driving erratically before the crash, fled the scene. Though Frahm later reported his truck as being stolen, investigators later identified him as the motorist.

While Irvine was on the phone with 911, a Honda Odyssey minivan driven by Fredy Delacruz-Moreno, 41, of Seattle hit the passenger side of the CRV, which was blocking part of the highway. The impact thrust the CRV into Irvine.

Delacruz-Moreno is not facing any charges in the crash, Vu said.

The driver of the CRV, Steven Klase of Battle Ground, was treated at the hospital and released.