This happened since we started our thread. I live in a town of 30,000. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens before lawyers and cops have the opportunity to get involved. I hate cars and the creeps that abuse them.

Mother, 2 children killed on U.S. 12
Jun 3 2002 12:00AM By Terry McConn of the Union-Bulletin

The woman's husband and another child were injured. A Walla Walla man has been charged with vehicular homicide.
Officials this morning continued searching for a Walla Walla man who has been charged with causing a head-on, triple-fatality collision on U.S. Highway 12 Saturday night.
Dead at the scene of the 11:40 p.m. crash were three members of a Stanwood, Wash., family, who were in the other vehicle, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Officials said Suzanne Johns, 38, and two of her children, Ty Johns, 7, and 20-month-old Ashley Johns, died at the scene from massive injuries.
Johns' husband and the children's father, Kip Johns, 42, suffered various injuries. A third child, Mike Johns, 13, also was hurt.
Kip and Mike Johns were taken by ambulance to St. Mary Medical Center where Kip Johns was in satisfactory condition this morning.
Mike Johns was discharged today.
Autopsies on the bodies of those killed were conducted this morning, according to Walla Walla County Deputy Coroner Ann Ames. The Johnses apparently were passing through the area after visiting relatives in Lewiston, Ames said.
State Patrol Lt. Jim Keightley of Yakima said all members of the Johns family were wearing safety restraints as their 1999 Plymouth Voyager van was heading west on the highway about 15 miles west of Walla Walla. The van, driven by Kip Johns, collided with an eastbound 1992 Chevrolet Caprice with at least two men inside, officials said. The Caprice allegedly crossed the center line into the westbound lane, according to authorities.
Jose Luis Garcia Mayorga, 24, of Walla Walla, who was allegedly driving the Caprice, fled the scene on foot, officials said. He was charged in Walla Walla County Superior Court Sunday with three counts of vehicular homicide, three counts of vehicular assault and two counts of hit-and-run. A warrant was issued for his arrest. Bail is set at $250,000.
A second occupant, Garcia Mayorga's brother, 19-year-old Ramon Garcia Mayorga of Walla Walla, suffered a broken leg. He was in good condition this morning at Walla Walla General Hospital. Officials said he was wearing a seat belt when the wreck occurred.
The Caprice reportedly is registered to Jose Garcia Mayorga.

``Numerous beer bottles, some still containing beer, were located inside the Chevrolet,'' according to a court document filed by the prosecution.

Jose Garcia Mayorga is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the State Patrol at (509) 249-6303.