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Thursday; May 9, 2019 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page A-11
By Michael Heinbach
michael@masoncounty, com
Less than 24 hours after a full-size pickup truck
struck a 62-year:old woman May 1 in a downtown
Shelton crosswalk, the suspected diver in the colli-
sion made his initial appearance in Mason County
Superior Court in Shelton, and ordered released
from custody.
Zane Neal Hansen
appears May 2 via
video conference from
Mason County Jail
for an identification
hearing in Mason
County Superior Court
Judge
court appearance via video conference from Mason
County Jail after spending the night in the facil-
ity.
Authorities believe the ~6-year-old Shelton
man was under the influence of methadone a
synthetic opioid commonly used to treat heroin or
opiate addiction -- at about 5:15 p.m when the
Ford F-250 he was driving northbound on South
First Street attempted to turn left onto West Rail-
road Avenue. It hit and severely injured a woman
attempting to cross West Railroad.
At Hansen's court appearance, Judge Monty
Cobb found probable cause for a pending charge of
vehicular assault under the Prongs of DUI and/or
reckless driving. In arguing conditions of release,
Tyler Bickerton, deputy Mason County prosecu-
tor, told the court Hansen's criminal history in-
cludes 12 cases in which at least one warrant was
issued to secure Hansen's presence in court. Bick-
erton said there was a high "likelihood Mr. Han-
sen would not appear in court" and that Hansen
poses "an extreme danger to the community" in
requesting Hansen's bail be set at $10,000. Bick.
erton added Hansen's criminal history dates back
to 1992 -- the year Hansen turned 18 and that
he's previously had warrants for his arrest out of
.Shelton Municipal, Olympia Municipal and Mason
County District cot~rts.
Judge Monty Cobb ordered Hansen, previously
convicted three times of controlled substance pos-
session and once on third-degree assault (substan-
tial pain) in Mason County, released on his prom-
ise to appear at his Scheduled his arraignment
hearing Monday in Mason County Superior Court.
According to Washington State Patrol reports,
the victim was airlifted to Harborview Medi-
Cal Center in Seattle~ A WSP trooper's incident
report states CT scans at Harborview revealed
the 62-year-old woman received a skull and fa-
cial bone fractures as a result of the collision. A
spokesperson from Harborview told the Shelton-
Mason County Journal on Tuesday the victim was
released from the medical center the day after her
arrival. No further information on her condition
was available.
A WSP report states that prior to the trooper's
arrival, Hansen told Shelton Police officers that
he used heroin and methamphetamine two days'
prior and "advised he had been to a methadone
clinic in Olympia on the same day." In speaking
with the trooper, Hansen reportedly stated he was
probable cause to
charge the 46=year-
old Shelton man with
vehicular assault
and released Hansen
on a promise to
appear at his Monday
arraignment hearing.
Jouma/ photo by
Michae/ Heinbach
going home at the time of the collision and was ap-
proximately 30 feet from parking his pickup truck
at the time of the accident.
After Hansen consented to standardized field
sobriety tests, authorities reportedly observed
Hansen with bloodshot eyes with constricted pu-
pils.
Hansen additionally reportedly had difficul-
ty holding his stance in the walk-and-turn test,
turned the wrong direction and could not properly
walk heel-to-toe as instructed.
According to reports, a WSP drug recognition
expert concluded Han sen was under the influence
at the time of the collision.
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