PASSENGER DEAD DRIVER ARR S.S.

A KING CITY MOTORIST WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY, AFTER ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS DIED IN A CRASH . THE 30 YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DRUNKEN DRIVING AND MANSLAUGHTER, AFTER HE RAMMED THE MINIVAN HE WAS DRIVING INTO A POWER POLE. ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER, AND THE OTHER 2 PASSENGERS, REPORTEDLY RAN FROM THE SCENE, BUT THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A PRIVATE DIRT ROAD, WEST OF METZ ROAD, AROUND 11:40 A.M. YESTERDAY.