A Washington State Trooper is facing an investigation for vehicular homicide after allegedly driving under the influence and fatally striking a motorcyclist.

Sarah Clasen was arrested after she collided with a motorcyclist while allegedly drunk at an intersection in Village Parkway in Richland at around 7:39 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 1, the Richland WA Police Department announced. The victim, identified as Jhoser Sanchez, later died in the hospital.

A Washington State patrol trooper was charged with vehicular homicide after she allegedly plowed into a 20-year-old motorcyclist while drunk behind the wheel. Sarah Lee Clasen, 35, was driving in her vehicle down State Route 240 in Richland — about 200 miles southeast of Seattle — on Saturday at around 7:40 p.