The man who hit and killed a Washington State Patrol trooper in 2024 was found guilty of the crime on Wednesday, according to WSP.
A jury found Raul Benitez-Santana guilty of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in the death of 27-year-old WSP Trooper Christopher M. Gadd.
In March 2024, Benitzez-Santana was driving over 100 miles per hour while impaired and hit Gadd’s car on Interstate 5 near 136th Street North near Marysville. Gadd was pronounced dead at the scene.
A WSP spokesperson said the unanimous guilty verdict was ‘just and welcomed.’
“With this decision, one more dangerous driver is removed from our streets, something Christopher Gadd dedicated his life to doing with every shift, by committing himself to conducting ‘one more stop’ on every day he served our state as a Washington State Trooper,” read a release from WSP.
Trooper Gadd is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, father and sister.
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