By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office announced yesterday the 18-year-old who was driving the pickup truck in a December collision on U. S. Highway 12 at Mossyrock in which his 17-year-old passenger died was found not guilty of second-degree negligent driving.
Lewis County District Court Commissioner Wendy Tripp made the ruling Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office argued Benjamin Lamotte failed to exercise reasonable care by failing to yield the right of way to the log truck.
Lamotte, 18, had been cited after the Dec. 8 collision that left Ryan Rashoff, 17, dead.
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