05-05-2025
Audi clocked going 122 mph before slamming into Tri-City teen's car, say police
Kennewick police say they clocked an Audi being driven at 122 mph shortly before it crashed into a car driven by a teen Saturday night.
It was one of two DUI-suspected crashes Kennewick police responded to Saturday night and early Sunday.
Saturday night a caller reported a dark-colored Audi headed eastbound at a high speed on Clearwater Avenue near the Ridgeline Drive and Leslie Road roundabout about 10 p.m.
Before police could stop the car, it ran a red light at Steptoe Street and hit a Volvo being driven across the intersection by a 17-year-old, according to police reports.
Both cars ended up in a nearby field.
The teen driver was taken to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland by ambulance with minor injuries, according to police.
Jake Robert Musser, 38, of Pasco, who was driving the Audi, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and reckless driving and taken to the Benton County jail.
A few hours later Kennewick police responded to another crash suspected of involving a driver under the influence.
Daniel Noriega Alvarez, 23, was driving a GMC Sierra in the area of East 10th Avenue and South Oak Street when the pickup hit a parked car and then crashed into a tree about 2:15 a.m. Sunday, according to Kennewick police.
He was arrested for DUI and booked into the Benton County jail.
