Lane Garrison Was Drunk And On Drugs During Fatal Crash
February 1, 2007 by staralicious
Filed under Lane Garrison
People reports that Prison Break actor Lane Garrison was stoned to the eyeballs on cocaine and with more than twice the legal blood alcohol level in his system after a fatal car crash last month and should be charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, police said Wednesday.
Garrison, 26, was involved in an accident that killed a 17-year-old male passenger. Two 15-year-old girls, who were also in the car, were both injured – one critically.
Beverly Hills police turned over the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, but no decision has been made about whether Garrison will be prosecuted.
At a press conference Wednesday, Beverly Hills police said Garrison’s blood alcohol level was .20 percent – more than two times California’s .08 percent limit. He also had an undisclosed amount of cocaine his system, according to a blood test.
Police recommended that he be charged with gross vehicular manslaughter with an enhancement for causing injury or death to more than one victim. Police also recommended he be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
If convicted of the most serious charge – gross vehicular manslaughter – he faces 10 years in state prison. The other charges would add additional years to the term.
Lets see if he can escape from that.
On Dec. 2, Garrison, who plays “Tweener” on the FOX jailhouse drama, was driving his Land Rover SUV with three teen-aged passengers when the vehicle struck a tree at 11:52 p.m.
Garrison’s attorney, Harland Braun, denounced police for announcing the drug and alcohol test results before showing them to him and before the DA made a decision on charges.
“It’s a perversion of the system,” he says. “It’s a police trial.”
After the accident, the attorney had said the actor had a margarita with dinner but was not driving under the influence and was knocked unconscious in the crash. Braun also had pointed to a possible problem with the brakes.
Yeah, you get those kind of problems when you are pissed and stoned.
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