Driver on mushrooms goes ‘pedal to the metal' in wreck that kills 2, OR officials say
A driver accused of causing a fatal wreck while high on psychedelic mushrooms and 'going pedal to the metal' was convicted of manslaughter in Oregon, officials said.
Fullington William Frazer III, now 23, sped up to almost 60 mph as he neared an intersection in Milwaukie on Dec. 30, 2023, the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office said in an April 1 news release. Frazer ran a red light and hit two cars, including a Subaru driven by 37-year-old Fleetwood Mars Mozee, prosecutors said.
Mozee was killed, and so was Frazer's passenger and roommate, Mitchell Scott Barr, officials said. Barr, 24, was thrown from Frazer's car, according to prosecutors.
A Clackamas County jury found Frazer guilty of two counts of first-degree manslaughter, plus reckless driving, driving under the influence of intoxicants, and two counts each of fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person, prosecutors said.
McClatchy News reached out to his attorneys April 2 and was awaiting a response.
In court, Deputy District Attorney Chelsea Jones said a state trooper described the wreck as 'one of the most destructive' he'd seen, per the news release.
Frazer 'was going pedal to the metal,' Jones is quoted as saying.
After the wreck, 'Frazer exhibited bizarre behavior,' including saying 'I just want the love' when asked if he was in need of medical assistance, prosecutors said.
'No remorse'
At the hospital, he didn't remember that Barr had been in his car, and when he was informed that two people were killed, 'he asked, 'Are they okay?'' per the release.
In jail days later, Frazer 'appeared to show no remorse and laughed when talking about his deceased roommate,' according to prosecutors.
Frazer was driving Barr to the grocery store when the wreck happened, prosecutors said.
Psilocybin mushrooms were found in Frazer's system, according to prosecutors.
Two other people also were hurt in the wreck, prosecutors said.
Victims mourned
Barr, who trained as a firefighter, 'was fearless, never without a sense of adventure,' an online obituary said. He loved Tarzan as a boy and Batman as an adult, the obituary said, noting that 'he would even wash dishes in a Batman cape and answer his phone with a Batman voice.'
Barr 'felt at peace with the lost' and helped people work toward recovery, the obituary said.
He 'was loving and protective of his' siblings and 'was a brother to anyone who needed one,' according to the obituary, which said his loved ones 'will miss him more than words can say.'
Mozee worked as a veterans services specialist in Multnomah County, prosecutors said.
A native of Alberta, Canada, Mozee 'was particularly impactful in assisting LGBTQIA+ veterans and survivors of military sexual assault and trauma in receiving needed support' while working in Oregon, according to an online tribute. Mozee was described in the tribute as 'a community builder' with a 'warm and welcoming presence' that 'will be deeply missed.'
Frazer is scheduled to be sentenced in May, prosecutors said.
Milwaukie is about a 10-mile drive south from Portland.
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