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Docs: Driver who killed Spokane pedestrian knew brakes faulty

Michael J. Lucey (Facebook)
Michael J. Lucey (Facebook)

Michael J. Lucey, the 62-year-old driver of a van that struck and killed a woman in downtown Spokane Monday morning, apparently knew his vehicle’s brakes didn’t work properly, he told officers at the scene. In recently released court documents, Lucey told responding Spokane police officers that he knew of the issue “for about two weeks,” and that he recently had to add brake fluid to the reservoir but continued to drive the vehicle. Police arrested Lucey Monday for vehicular homicide/Jonathan Glover, SR. More here.



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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