PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of driving under the influence of alcohol when he hit another vehicle and killed a passenger faces a $50,000 bail and the prospect of wearing an alcohol detection bracelet if he gets out.
Steven W. Boyd, 48, was being held in the Clallam County jail Saturday on investigation of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular assault for his role in a head-on wreck that occurred on state Highway 112 near Place Road on Thursday.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams imposed the conditions of Boyd’s release in Friday hearing.
State Patrol troopers said Boyd had a 0.120 percent blood-alcohol level 95 minutes after the SUV he was driving crossed the centerline and struck a 2008 Ford Ranger carrying three people.
The impact immediately killed the front-seat passenger, Darrell E. Campbell, 49, of Ahousat, B.C., and sent the other two in the pickup to hospitals.
The blood test sample was taken at 9:45 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center after the 8:11 a.m. wreck five miles west of Port Angeles.
In a second test at 10:06 a.m., Boyd blew a 0.079 percent on a portable Breathalyzer, State Patrol troopers said.
The legal limit in Washington is 0.08 percent.
Defense attorney Harry Gasnick asked the court Friday to redact portions of the State Patrol probable-cause statement that disclosed medical information gathered from Boyd at OMC, citing patient confidentiality and federal privacy law.
Williams denied the request to redact the statement that reveals that a lab technician took a blood sample from Boyd at 9:45 a.m. that produced the 0.120 percent blood-alcohol level.
The back-seat passenger — 18-year-old Sophie H. Campbell — was listed in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center’s intensive care unit Friday afternoon.
A call requesting an update on her condition Saturday was not returned.
The driver, Angus P. Campbell, 57, was in stable condition Saturday at Olympic Medical Center.
The Campbells, members of the Ahousaht First Nation in Canada, were on their way to Neah Bay.
According to the State Patrol probable-cause statement, Boyd said he could not remember crossing the centerline.
He told troopers he was running late to work at the Nippon Paper Industries USA mill in Port Angeles but said he had not been speeding.
The highway was blocked in both directions for about six hours.
Boyd was treated at Olympic Medical Center before he was booked into jail at 2:39 p.m.
Boyd appeared in court wearing a bandage on his forehead and a cast on his right arm.
He was allowed to sign his name with an X because he said he could not write his name.
He will be formally charged Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Clallam County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Troberg had requested a $100,000 bail.
Troberg told the judge that Boyd had a driving-under-the-influence case in 1982 but no other criminal history.
“The basis for the bail request would not be criminal history or lack of ties to the community, but rather risk to public safety,” Troberg said.
If Boyd were to be convicted, he would face a standard sentencing range of 51 to 68 months or from slightly more than four years to more than five years, Troberg said.
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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-417-3537 or at rob.ollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.
