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. Sarah Lee Clasen, 35, was driving in her vehicle down State Route 240 in Richland — about 200 miles southeast of Seattle — on Saturday at around 7:40 p.

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. The trooper, Sarah Clasen, was driving a personal vehicle at the time of the crash, according to the Richland Police Department (RPD).

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.