Truck driver fails to set brakes license#

He said he acquired his Idaho Class A commercial driverвЂ™s license in 2010. Medrain said he was driving for a company but declined to say which one. вЂњIf I was asleep (while driving), IвЂ™m sure someone would have died and that truck would have went further than where it went,вЂќ he said. Medrain said that a lack of oxygen and the high temperature in the back of the car made him pass out. The trooper said Medrain fell asleep in the back seat of the patrol car on their way to the station вЂњwith sweat dripping from his forehead,вЂќ according to court documents. Medrain, who said he is вЂњvery remorsefulвЂќ about what happened, said he was thinking sharply that day and remembers every single second driving down that hill. Prior to the crash, the truckвЂ™s brakes were serviced and the engine brake was reconnected after being disconnected, Medrain said.ДЄ police officer in the court documents said Medrain had various small cuts on his arms and legs, and dried blood covered almost his entire body after the crash. He said he looked down the street and there was nowhere to stop the truck without brakes. With essentially no brakes, he said he was able to avoid hitting cars at first. Medrain said he was told people could smell the brake pads burning down the hill. He said as soon as he drove over the hill, the engine brake, or Jake Brake, and trailer brakes quit working, so he smashed on his brake pedal.

In hindsight, he said, he should not have driven down it. He lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and is unfamiliar with the area, including the steep Freya Street hill.

17 at the Spokane County Jail, Medrain said he was hauling asphalt and asphalt equipment down the South Freya Street hill before the crash. coffee stand.Дuring an in-person phone interview Sept. Just past East Fifth Avenue, the truck struck several vehicles before veering west across the street and then driving through Liberty Tax Service and the Dutch Bros. Witnesses said the dump truck was traveling on Freya Street, a northbound one-way street, at a вЂњhigh rate of speedвЂќ and weaving in and out of traffic. employee who sustained a fractured hip, according to court documents. Seven people were taken to the hospital the day of the crash, including a Dutch Bros. 28 in front of Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel. He said he has struggled with addiction for at least 20 years.

Medrain said he used methamphetamine the night before the incident but was sober when he crashed the truck. He remains in the Spokane County Jail on a $250,000 bond.ДЄ state trooper conducted a field sobriety test and determined Medrain was intoxicated on an unknown substance that day. Medrain, 48, is charged with felony vehicular assault, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. вЂњThe brakes went out,вЂќ McGavin Medrain, the driver, said in an interview last fall. The driver of the dump truck that plowed through six vehicles, a tax preparation office and a Spokane coffee stand in August blamed the crash on his truckвЂ™s brakes failing.