
RENTON, Wash. (KOMO) — The 18-year-old man accused of running a red light at 112 mph in Washington state before crashing into a van and killing four people was booked into jail on charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving.
Court documents say Chase Daniel Jones, 18, of Kent, has been involved in three major crashes in the last year.
The first crash happened in May 2023 on Southeast 204th Street in Kent. Body camera video from the incident obtained by KOMO shows Jones admitted to a police officer that he was speeding at the time of the crash.
“I saw an open road. I was definitely going above the speed limit of 25,” Jones said.
A Kent Police Department officer asked him to estimate his speed at the time of the…