"Ex-ambassador to Afghanistan faces charges of drunken driving, hit-run
SPOKANE, Wash. — Former US ambassador Ryan Crocker is facing hit-and-run and drunken driving charges in Washington state after striking a semi truck when he tried to make a right turn from the left lane, authorities said Thursday.
The 63-year-old Spokane native registered a 0.160 blood-alcohol content — twice the legal limit — and a 0.152 in successive breath tests when he was arrested Aug. 14 in Spokane Valley, State Trooper Troy Briggs said.
Crocker, who was driving a 2009 Ford Mustang convertible, was stopped in the left lane at a red light. When the light turned green, he tried to turn right across the path of the semi in the right lane, Briggs said.
The vehicles collided and Crocker’s car spun out, but he kept driving, Briggs said. A witness followed him to a nearby bank and called police.
“He was very cooperative, but obviously intoxicated,” Briggs said.
Crocker pleaded not guilty in court the next day, KXLY-TV reported.
His lawyer, Julie Twyford, did not immediately return a call.
Crocker retired from the foreign service last month after serving three decades in some of the world’s most dangerous hotspots, most recently in Afghanistan.
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Also see: Crocker of Crap From Afghanistan
Must have stuck his face in it.
