Justice delayed: WA teen charged 7 months after killing biker at over 100 mph
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It’s a beautiful stretch of road in Snohomish County, Washington. I’ve ridden there myself. But it can also be dangerous. Especially if a teenage driver is going over 100 mph, in the wrong lane.
Prosecutors say that was the deadly combination in July of 2022 that led to the death of a man on his motorcycle. But friends and family want to know why it took 7 months to charge the 17-year-old driver even though his reckless driving leading up to the death was caught on dash camera.
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It’s something friends of the victim, Anthony Palko, have been waiting for.
“It’s been pretty tough to not have any information whatsoever,” said Sam Shipley, one of Anthony Palko’s friends.
“We’re still pretty raw, it’s pretty emotional,” Shipley said. “Reading those charging papers for me there was a lot of anxiety and tears in my eyes.:
Around 10 p.m. on June 27, Palko was riding his motorcycle in Lake Stevens on 84th Street near 123 Ave NE when he was hit and killed.
A witness gave KING 5 dashcam video from their car which captured the incident. The video shows a Honda cross the center line on 84th Street and speed by the car with the dash cam. Video shows the driver did not try to get back over and attempted to pass another car before hitting Palko, who was traveling in the opposite direction.
