Washington: State Patrol reports drugs/alcohol factor in Courtney Carlson’s crash into tree

A crash of a car load of people traveling northbound on 15 to Southcenter on milepost 154 came to a sudden end when the 1996 Mercedes piloted by Courtney M. Carlson, 20, failed to stay on the highway on a curve and careened into a tree, reports the Washington State Patrol.