In brief: Teens plead not guilty in fatal high-speed crash

Two teenagers were arraigned Monday on vehicular homicide charges connected to a Feb. 14 crash that killed an Eastern Washington University student.

Brooke A. Reese and Taylor D. Marean, both 18, pleaded not guilty in brief, back-to-back hearings before Superior Court Judge Ellen Kalama Clark.

The teens were said to be racing when their cars collided on southbound Hatch Road near 54th Avenue early Feb. 14, killing Jacoby N. Bryant, 19.

Bryant, a 2009 Lewis and Clark High School graduate attending EWU, was a passenger in Reese’s 1999 Pontiac Grand Am when it collided with Marean’s 2005 BMW, then struck a tree, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Reese reportedly admitted to drinking four shots of vodka before the crash.

The two are to be booked and released from the Spokane County Jail by Friday. Trials were scheduled for Sept. 7, though Marean’s attorney indicated they likely would be delayed.