Renton fatal crash suspect held on $1 million bond
RENTON, Wash. - A teenager accused of causing a crash that killed three children and a mother in Renton has been charged.
The suspect, 18-year-old Chase Daniel Jones, is being held on a $1 million bond.
He is charged with four counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault, and reckless driving.
According to charging documents, Jones' vehicle, a 2015 Audi A4, was the third vehicle he's totaled in a crash involving speed.
Jones was speeding at 80-100 mph in a 40 mph zone, weaving in and out of traffic before the crash, documents also state.
Jones is accused of killing 38-year-old Andrea Hudson, 12-year-old Buster Brown, 13-year-old Tillie Wilcoxson and her 12-year-old sister Eloise in a crash at the intersection of 140th Ave. and S.E. 192nd St.
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Jones and Andrea Hudson's two children were hospitalized as well.
Investigators say Jones was speeding and crashed into Hudson's vehicle as she was picking up five kids from a home school event.
Jones was booked into jail around 10:15 p.m. on Friday. He will be arraigned on April 4.