Friday vigil for 7-year-old Vancouver girl killed in
trick-or-treating crash and other victims
By Stuart Tomlinson
The Oregonian/OregonLive November 7, 2014 A vigil will be at 8 p.m. Friday for 7-year-old Cadence Boyer and other victims injured when a car crashed into a group of children and adults trick-or-treating Halloween night in Vancouver. |
Cadence's grandfather, Kevin Boyer Sr., said the vigil will be held at the scene of the crash on Northeast 112th Avenue and Northeast 39th Street.
The crash injured 7-year-old Cadence L. Boyer; her mother, Annie M. Arnold, 32; her friend, Ava Corrodus, 6; and her mother's friend, Chelina M. Alsteen, 31. Boyer died from her injuries on Sunday.
"I want to make it clear that the vigil is for all of the victims,'' Boyer said.
The driver involved in the crash, Duane C. Abbott, 47, told Vancouver police he smokes two to three grams of marijuana a day and smoked about five hours before his car jumped a curb in the 4200 block of Northeast 112th Avenue in Vancouver, hit the group, then struck a utility pole and a tree, according to a probable cause affidavit.
A Vancouver police officer smelled marijuana on Abbott's breath as he was talking to him on the night of the crash, the affidavit said. Abbott's eyes also appeared to be red, watery and droopy, the court document said.
It is legal for anyone over 21 to buy up to one ounce of marijuana in Washington. It is not legal to operate a vehicle while under the influence.
Abbott appeared in Clark County Superior Court Tuesday on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Toxicology results for Abbott are still pending, Vancouver police said.
A fund to help the Boyer family pay medical bills has been established under Cadence Boyer's name at any Umpqua Bank location.
-- Stuart Tomlinson
The crash injured 7-year-old Cadence L. Boyer; her mother, Annie M. Arnold, 32; her friend, Ava Corrodus, 6; and her mother's friend, Chelina M. Alsteen, 31. Boyer died from her injuries on Sunday.
"I want to make it clear that the vigil is for all of the victims,'' Boyer said.
The driver involved in the crash, Duane C. Abbott, 47, told Vancouver police he smokes two to three grams of marijuana a day and smoked about five hours before his car jumped a curb in the 4200 block of Northeast 112th Avenue in Vancouver, hit the group, then struck a utility pole and a tree, according to a probable cause affidavit.
A Vancouver police officer smelled marijuana on Abbott's breath as he was talking to him on the night of the crash, the affidavit said. Abbott's eyes also appeared to be red, watery and droopy, the court document said.
It is legal for anyone over 21 to buy up to one ounce of marijuana in Washington. It is not legal to operate a vehicle while under the influence.
Abbott appeared in Clark County Superior Court Tuesday on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Toxicology results for Abbott are still pending, Vancouver police said.
A fund to help the Boyer family pay medical bills has been established under Cadence Boyer's name at any Umpqua Bank location.
-- Stuart Tomlinson