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I don't want to have to make you sit down there. Thank you.

This woman just caused a multi -car crash so fatal that it took numerous

firefighters, officers, air ambulances, and everyone else on the highway to try

their best to save the injured, who had been pushed to the brink of

lifelessness. And all of it happened because she couldn't stop being an

and selfish driver.

What you're about to witness is the chaos the responding officer had to go

through. knowing very little that he was about to watch people take their last

breaths right in front of his eyes.

For fire, there's one car down in the ditch that's starting to catch on fire.

Okay.

Get your medical, ma 'am.

Okay.

Do you need anything?

No.

Hi, you okay?

Yeah, I am.

I don't think you should wait for a friend to get you. I am fine. Does it

Okay.

When I breathe, it doesn't hurt. No ribs.

It's just sore.

Okay. Hang tight for me, okay?

Hey, if they stop, I do have an AED, too, if we need one of those.

Here we go.

You want an AED?

Who's the driver of this vehicle?

She can move, though. She can move. She can squeeze my hands.

Okay.

Hold on.

Moments before the tragic accident took place, 63 -year -old Michelle who was

driving a Honda Accord.

was traveling westbound in the eastbound lane at a high rate of speed,

overtaking multiple vehicles.

This was a clear do -not -pass zone, marked by double yellow center lines.

As she approached a curve, she saw a Honda Fit traveling east toward her and

an attempt to save herself, tried to merge back into the westbound lane.

In doing so, she struck the rear passenger side of a Subaru.

The impact caused the Subaru to spin clockwise.

where it was then struck by the oncoming Honda Fit in a T -bone collision.

Both vehicles came to rest along the side of the curve, while Michelle's car

veered off the road, rolled into a ditch, and finally stopped after hitting

tree.

Michelle was rescued by bystanders and did not sustain even a minor injury, but

the others were not so lucky.

Follow these instructions.

Make sure 911 is called now.

I'm going to hand you guys the cards. Do not touch the patient.

Do not touch. Do not touch.

Please wait.

Shock not advised. It is necessary to touch the patient. If needed, perform

compressions as instructed.

Hello. Hi. Do you have your driver's license on you?

No, I got it.

Where is my card?

I'm sorry. It's over here. Okay, that's fine. I know. I wish I could get my

stuff out of there. All right, go ahead and have a seat for me.

So what happened?

So I'm driving this way, and there was like a big area to pull in.

A big area.

And I was passing, I passed like three cars. Okay. And so, and...

So I turned my turn signal in, and I pulled in, and as I pulled in, this guy

slowed way, or girl, slowed way down, and I hit the automobile in their car.

That's what happened.

I mean, I know that that's supposed to be my fault, but I didn't do anything

wrong.

Right now, yeah.

It's going to be blocked, so anybody that way, if they didn't witness it,

turn them around.

Okay. You're so bossy. I know. This guy needs to get some manners.

Is there a mouthpiece in this bag?

No, we have it right here.

Somebody over there said they had one. You guys want me to rotate in on this?

Yeah.

I don't have a bag. I don't have another mouthpiece. Does anybody else have a

mouthpiece? Here we go.

Here we go. Here we go. Here's a mouthpiece. Here's a mouthpiece. Have

anything to drink today, ma 'am? No. Okay. On any medication or anything?

What? Medications? Nope. It's Tylenol. Okay.

All right. We're going to sit you down right here, okay?

Come around this other side. See where it bends?

I'm not going to lay down on this, and you're not taking me anywhere.

A .O .B.?

No, I haven't. I haven't.

No. Okay.

I mean, you know what? And I'll tell you what, I got really good insurance.

My insurance.

You want to grab me a driver's license?

Yeah.

Analyzing algorithm.

Please wait.

Come on. Come on.

Do not touch the patient.

Okay. How's she? Okay. So she's getting some tingling in her arm. She wants to

move really fast, but she has pressure right here, so we cut right here. You've

got to stay still, okay?

She's doing a good job staying still. Okay. Okay, thank you.

We have four patients in theory.

unfortunately that is the last so i don't have an

id right now right now we're just doing the first day we'll get to that if

somebody wants to take them to a vet you're more than welcome and then we can

figure that i can give you my business card

then the dog isn't going to probably make it unfortunately i can't hey let's

clear the road it's coming we're doing two uh two ctrs right over here by that

white car one on the driver's side one on the passenger side let them handle

and then there's one lady she's over there her car's down the ditch

In an outstanding display of humanity, everyone on the highway gave their 100 %

while trying to save the victims.

Unfortunately, the occupants of the Subaru had been struck so brutally, that

driver and passenger side doors had crumpled inward, inflicting life

-threatening injuries.

After 30 minutes of continuous CPR, they were pronounced dead on the spot.

They were identified as 72 -year -old Kim and 69 -year -old Bette, a couple

a renowned family of dentists who had worked tirelessly for their community.

On the other hand, the occupants of the Honda Fit were identified as 32 -year

-old Jenna, an environmental scientist, and 38 -year -old Kelly.

They had also sustained life -threatening injuries, which led EMS to

needed to be airlifted to the nearest hospital, as the injuries were soon

to prove fatal.

You did? Okay. She started probably back 10 cars.

Which car?

She admitted it, that it was that car.

Yeah. Okay.

So she kept flying by 10, 15 cars.

So she was passing?

She was passing, going west, and another car came up, and she tried to squeeze

in and hit this car. Which way was that car going? That way. Okay, and then that

car? The one that was coming this way. Okay.

And then, yeah, so she tried to squeeze in.

It's just the three cars, right? Just the three cars. Okay. So is she in that

car? Okay. She was in that car. We were right behind. The orange car was right

behind that car going this way. Okay. God, I hope the Lord protects me here

this. I didn't think I was in that because I was passing. I think I got to

someone. I'll just let you know you are being audiovisually recorded, okay?

Well, you should have told me that before.

Sorry.

Yeah, now you tell me.

I don't want to talk to anybody.

I'm going to get a lawyer.

Okay, I don't know.

Well, I need your driver's license.

Why don't you pull that out, and then look there. You look there.

I'll look in here.

My husband might have it, and that'll be there. I was two cars behind this, and

I looked in my rearview mirror, and this car just came through and was past the

12 cars at least.

Becky, are you all right? Yeah.

Okay.

We'll see.

Yeah, I know. I'm not talking to anybody until I get a lawyer because I don't

think this is right. All right. Why don't you have a seat right here in this

ambulance? No, I don't want to sit down. You know what I want? Okay, well, I'm

going to... I need to find that black guy because he has a phone that my

girlfriend... Here's the deal. I'm asking you to sit down there.

Okay. All right? I don't want to have to make you sit down there. Thank you. Oh,

come on. Make me. No, we don't want to do that. Oh, yeah. Let's have a seat.

That would be nice on your camera. Did you see where the lady went?

She's back there with the Greenwater fire guys. Okay.

See, I want to... I'm not trying to take your... I want to make sure she doesn't

run away because she's getting a little spicy with me over here.

Not just her behavior, but her criminal record also had a lot to say about what

kind of driver Michelle was.

According to reports, she had been charged with negligent driving in 1995,

driving under the influence in 2002 and 2003, for which she had to complete a

deferred prosecution program, driving with a suspended license in 2003,

driving in 2009.

and speeding in 2018.

Even though she knew two of the victims were dead, she continued to blame them

for the crash instead.

I'll take the water. Nothing to

eat or drink.

I'm drinking a little bit. No, I just said nothing to eat or drink.

Well,

you can't. Right now, you're not able to leave. You're being lawfully detained.

Okay?

Because I saw him, he was slowing down, and I went way over, like on the other

side of the road, and I caught the end of him, or the side of the back of him.

That's all.

I don't know what happened after that, or I don't remember flipping.

Then when we stopped, I sure do remember.

I had that seatbelt on really tight, and then my chest kind of hurt right there.

I think it's just my boots. But no, I've had nothing to drink.

I haven't smoked any pot.

I haven't taken any drugs.

This may be a V .E. home because you were passing in the no passing zone.

Your sergeant's calling the detective right now. Okay. So no statement if they

just pulled him out of the car? Yep. Okay. Will you go back there and find

She's an older lady.

Do you want me to put her in your car? No, just watch her and make sure she

doesn't take off. That's what the county guys do. Okay.

Where were you headed to before this?

Before this? What do you mean? Before the crash happened. I was heading to

Enumclaw. You were heading to Enumclaw? Okay. There was about 50 cars in line

here. And I'm not exaggerating. I live up here.

Uh -huh. You know, it almost took me... You're telling me you live in... I live

in... Yeah.

So, I waited until all the cars passed and waited for them to come. Uh -huh.

then here comes some more cars.

You know? Uh -huh. And then, so I stop and I'm waiting. I'm going, okay, I

care.

I'm going the next break.

There's a corner and then my driveway.

And so, if you go, if they're doing 35 and you go for that, this guy was

man. I had just gotten.

And, oh, I'm so pissed.

Then I got up and I was by, I think it's four or five. I don't remember.

I know they were doing 40 miles an hour all the way up this mountain. I mean,

all the way down.

And I was on like a time thing. I had to get down to Amapaw.

So you're passing the cars that were in line?

Just so you know, you're not free to leave.

Why? You're detained right now.

It's the same thing I told you.

Like I said, you can't have anything to eat or drink. Why?

Because. I got water in my car.

Unfortunately, right now you can't have it. She good to go?

She's not complaining of injury. Okay.

Do you want me to... Bring her back.

That way we can keep an eye on her. We don't have to put her in our car yet.

She's going to walk away.

Okay.

No, he's going to watch her. Oh, you're going to watch her? Okay.

All right.

And I already told him if she starts walking away, we're hooking her. During

accident, three dogs were severely injured, two belonging to Kim and Bette,

one rescued from Jenna's car.

All of them had sustained serious injuries and were taken to the nearest

emergency veterinary clinic by bystanders.

The most critical task now was transporting Jenna and Kelly to the

hospital. as they were unable to move at all.

I don't know the protocol here. I haven't done a whole lot with air

I drive around it through the scene or do I need to wait until it's done? I'm

here for that scene. We've got the second one coming in. Gotcha.

We've got two units coming down with transport.

Once they get on the ground, you need to check with the pilot. Check with the

pilot. Yeah, to see if nobody's going around. Yep. I understand you don't want

to go to the hospital.

No, I don't. But I want to tell you, I don't.

More than that big bill. I know. And my insurance.

I've gone to a hospital. It's $1 ,000.

But right now, you probably have a lot of adrenaline going because

of what happened. And that kind of masks some of the pains that you have.

So we want to make sure that just because that adrenaline is going, that

not hurt anywhere.

Okay, but here's what I'm saying. Okay.

If your friend comes down here, can you have them too?

Yeah. Because I understand you don't want to pay for that. I'll do it. I have

really good health insurance. I'll probably make $25 to go in there and

them. Okay.

That is most important, is to get checked out.

Hey, boss.

I'm not wanting to mess with your protocol, but I'm wanting to ask a

Can I drive around you to get to the scene?

Yeah. Okay. I just want to verify.

I'll probably go behind you.

I'm going to drive around him.

Okay.

I would

have him stick around for a

second here, because I'm right here. I'm at the helicopters.

All right, I'll be there shortly.

Bye. Hey, Mickey?

Yeah? Can you come here and talk to us for a sec?

Yeah.

Here.

Okay, cool.

Yeah, no problem.

All right, go ahead and turn around. Put your hands behind your back.

Oh, my God.

You're under arrest for vehicular homicide.

Thank you, Kim.

What about the guy that was in front of me that slowed way down? I'm going to

redo your rights real quick, okay? You have the right to remain silent. You

the right at this time to an attorney.

You can exercise these rights at any time. Do you understand these rights?

I'm not talking to anybody.

Let's go back this way.

Hey, wait. You better bring my purse.

We'll get all your stuff.

Hey,

Caroline.

What's your name?

One would expect Michelle to show some remorse for what she had done. But

instead, watch as the only two things she seems to care about are her vape and

the belief that she's being wrongfully framed, insisting that it was Kim and

Bette who caused the crash.

There's plenty of space in there.

Your wrists are so small that they turn. We can't do anything about that.

Hey, Sarge, she's saying the handcuffs hurt. Just to let you know. I'm not

anywhere. I understand that. But her wrists are so small, they just turn in

coast. Yeah, she's got plenty of space.

No, I know it hurts.

Look at how tiny it is on the top.

Don't turn them. And if you do this and you push up, it's going to take the

pressure off them. Does that make sense? And then you rotate them between your

hands. Because you twisted it and you got it. I didn't twist it. I was just

trying to get it off of my hand.

I'm not going to argue with you. I'm not arguing with you either.

Why can't you guys have plastic ones? I'm really heavy duty plastic ones.

Because unfortunately nobody's replying.

Oh, and people will break them.

There you go. Thank you.

You're very welcome.

man thank you for caring about me all right we're gonna stand in front of this

car okay i need hey do you have any weapons on you that's going to cut me

absolutely no i don't okay go ahead and spread your feet for me All right. I

need to get a hold of that one guy. Oh, wait, you're taking me in. I need a

ride. Hold on one second. I'm going to reach in and grab the seatbelt. Can you

undo these and put them in front? I'm not going to do anything.

We can't do that. Why?

I'm not going to go anywhere. It's against policy, ma 'am. We can't. Okay,

more seat.

Perfect. Then we have one in front.

Oh,

God,

that hurts.

Okay,

I'll show you.

I'll show you how much you're giving me.

Wait, that cop has my vape.

Ma 'am, that one cop that was at the back of the fire

truck, he took my vape and he said he'd give it to me when I got out. I want it

back.

I can put it in your purse.

Okay, that's fine.

Ma 'am!

I just saw him give them water.

Can I please stand outside?

No. Oh, Lord. This is ridiculous. This is bad. I'm telling my lawyer this.

You're not so bad. Thank you.

What's that? I said you're not so bad. Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm trying to go slow, so you don't fall.

Don't go slow. I can drink.

One more up there.

Mm -hmm. Oops, sorry, sorry.

No, you don't go that. I didn't get hardly any.

Oh.

Look at how much you've given me. Look. You made noise like you were done.

That was a good one. Can you do me a favor, though? Can you put some water on

tank top down there and just wipe my mouth off?

Oh, yeah, pour some water on me. That would be so good.

Yeah. Please do that. Just on your front?

Yeah. Okay.

It's going to go down. It's going to look like it peed.

Hopefully not.

Can you then take the wet part and just wipe my mouth, over my mouth?

I've got diabetes, and I get really bad chap lips.

I was passing cars, there was like 50, it seemed like 50 cars and stuff, you

know, like three or two at a time, you know?

And then, and I'd go 55 up to a place where I could pull over after my thing

pull in, just like you're supposed to, and then... And then when it was clear

again, which it was, I went in and I did it again. And that time I got like four

cars. And then I looked again. There was nobody coming. So I went and I went

past three cars.

And I pulled in.

And there was plenty of room for my signal on.

And I pulled into the space.

So I went down and pulled into the space. And the guy in front of me was

he, I don't know, like he stepped on his brakes.

But he hit me.

You know what I mean? No, really, he did.

If you look at it, when he was coming towards me, I'm watching him come closer

and closer to me. I'm going, oh, my God. So I went to get out into the bushes,

you know.

I didn't want to get into an accident and stuff.

And sure enough, my front bumper hit his back bumper.

And then.

I don't remember anything after that. You're definitely lucky your car's

down. I'm glad you're not hurt or anything.

I'm fine.

That's good.

Do you want more water?

Yeah, please.

Okay,

here we go.

Okay, now you've got to squeeze it out because it's almost gone.

Oh, crap, it's really hot. Okay, go put it on top of my lips, you know, on my

skin. A lot.

I want a lot of it.

Okay. There you go.

It seemed as if causing the deaths of two people wasn't a serious crime to her

at all, as she continued to laugh and joke while talking to the female

even telling her that she needed to be put in a less harsh jail.

That's awesome.

You should see all the troopers and the fire people.

When you walk by them, they all look and look at your butt and stuff.

I know. You should just turn around and say, bite it. No, they might walk up and

bite it then, huh?

I went over and prayed for them and stuff and blessed them and stuff, and

still died. I can't believe it. I thought God would bring his healing hand

and heal them, you know. I feel really bad.

I didn't cause this. I know I didn't. Look, I'm getting charged with their

death.

Because based on the statements of the witnesses and the other cars you've had,

you caused the collision.

And they died as a result of that collision.

How many years do you get for this?

What's that?

What's the average years for this?

I don't have the answer to that for you.

You need to go to a lesser hard jail.

I'm not going to make it in there. They're going to beat me up and stuff.

people that passed away, did they have a medical condition? It was like,

honestly, like he took his foot off.

His gas pedal just came right back at me.

So I'm thinking maybe he, I don't know. Maybe he's

mad I passed.

Or maybe he was, something happened to him. I don't know.

I can't believe this is happening to me. We're going to go pretty soon because

I've got to go to the bathroom.

And I need to eat. I haven't eaten since like 6 this morning. And I've got

diabetes. Dad passed away about a year ago.

And my mom a year before that.

And my grandma died. I have no family except for my husband.

He's going to be so pissed.

Oh, yeah.

I'm putting my foot out the window, okay?

Oh, no. That's going to cool me down.

You can't take my handcuffs off, huh? I'll take them off. Okay, thank you so

much. I won't be able to wipe. Oh, ow.

I'm starting to really get sore. I'm glad we're going to the hospital.

Yeah. Thank you so much. You're welcome.

Oh, man, doesn't it feel so good?

Because they hurt.

I don't know what I did to deserve this to happen. I mean, ow!

I'm such a good girl.

I make myself sick. I'm so good.

Do you think they'll let me out on an arraignment or not?

I didn't commit a crime.

I tried to miss him. I caused it just as much as he did because he came right

back at me once I pulled in there.

I turned my turn signal off and here he comes.

It's almost like he's in reverse coming at me. And I go, oh my God. And so I

turned really hard and tried to go, you know, gave it a little bit of gas and

tried to get into the, you know, on the outside.

I hit the corner of his thing. I know. I remember that.

So it's my fault.

At the hospital, Jenna was diagnosed with a broken arm, while Kelly had

severe spinal fractures.

Both of them were also inflicted with internal injuries.

Kim and Bette had suffered multiple lacerations, broken ribs, a broken neck,

life -ending internal injuries due to the massive blunt force inflicted from

both sides of the car during the collision.

resulting in the sudden end of their selfless lives.

He treated patients like family, like friends, and he would go out of his way

make sure that they felt comfortable, that they knew what was going on, that

they understood the treatment options.

Sometimes you could hardly tell that he was treating you because you're so light

and careful and soft.

And we would travel to Guatemala to treat underserved populations.

And I would get to sit chair side with my dad for eight hours a day helping

Guatemalans who could never afford the dentistry that they needed to save their

teeth. Mission takes a lot out of you. When you go on these trips, most likely

you'll get sick.

You're traveling a lot. You're paying out of pocket.

And you're working long hours because what happens is people find out that

you're doing free and care.

They line up, and the line is 500 people long, and you don't want to turn people

away, so you're working 11 - or 12 -hour days.

My dad taught me service as a love language. He also taught me the

the community around you and how to leverage your friendships and your

relationships to make everyone's life better. Kim was awarded Citizen of the

Year by the Washington State Dental Association posthumously in honor of his

decades of selfless service to the community, and he was survived by his

children.

For her crime, Michelle was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and

two counts of vehicular assault.

Her bail was initially set at $100 ,000, though prosecutors requested and

succeeded in having it raised to $500 ,000.

She bonded out the very next day.

Michelle pleaded not guilty during her arraignment, but her defense team later

moved to withdraw that plea for a mental health evaluation.

She was diagnosed with an unspecified depressive disorder.

but was otherwise declared competent to stand trial.

She was eventually moved from jail to electronic home monitoring.

The accident took place on October 13, 2024, and seven months later, in July

2025,

Michelle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

She was released from home confinement and transferred to a hospital, where she

died after five months of treatment.

Following her death, the court dismissed the case.