A Vancouver man accused of causing a sequence of vehicle crashes that mortally injured a Camas man on Interstate 205 on Dec. 7 has been charged with vehicular homicide, according to court papers.
Clark County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Vu added a charge of vehicular homicide against Joshua C. Frahm on Monday.
Rich Irvine, 63, died Friday from injuries he sustained when he stopped on the interstate to help the victim of a hit-and-run crash and was struck himself by another vehicle.
Frahm, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned in Clark County Superior Court Dec. 31 on amended charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, hit and run injury and false reporting.
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 motorist, who was driving the pickup erratically before the crash, fled the scene, according to police.
While Irvine was on the phone with 911, a Honda Odyssey minivan driven by Fredy Delacruz-Moreno, 41, of Seattle collided with the passenger side of the CRV, which was blocking part of the roadway. The impact thrust the CRV into Irvine.
After the collision, Frahm falsely reported his truck had been stolen the day before, according to court documents.
