PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police say it could take weeks to determine whether charges will be filed in the van vs. BMX bike wreck that injured a 12-year-old boy on Tuesday.
The driver of the van, Mary Igo, 56, of Port Angeles told police that she had been taking prescription medication when the vehicle collided with the boy at the intersection of Eighth and A streets at about 8:30 p.m.
Police would not say what the medication was. Igo phoned the Peninsula Daily News after a story appeared Friday and said that she had been taking antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory for arthritis.
Igo rendered assistance to the boy, said one witness and Igo herself during her call to the PDN.
She was was not cited.
She provided a voluntary blood sample after the wreck.
The investigation hinges on results of that blood analysis.
“The blood got sent to the Washington State Patrol crime lab,” Port Angeles Police Officer David Dombrowski said.
“It’s going to be several weeks, at least.”
Dombrowski confirmed that the boy suffered a broken leg in the crash.
The boy was not wearing a helmet, Dombrowski confirmed.
As of Thursday, the boy remained at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles.
Dombrowski said police were able to interview the boy on Thursday.
“Nothing earth-shaking,” he said of the current investigation.
“We’re finishing up little things on the report.”
The Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office will review the results of the blood sample before deciding whether to press charges, Dombrowski said.
“We’ll wait for the dust to settle to figure out all that’s going on,” he said.
Police said the boy was traveling eastbound on Eighth when the wreck occurred.
Igo, who was westbound on Eighth, was making a left turn onto A Street when the van and the BMX bike collided, police have said.
