Crime

Police: Kids in car when man passes out behind wheel in Columbia Park in Kennewick

Kennewick police found a man passed out behind the wheel of this car Wednesday afternoon at Columbia Park. Two young children were in the car at the time it crashed into a landscaping island.
Kennewick police found a man passed out behind the wheel of this car Wednesday afternoon at Columbia Park. Two young children were in the car at the time it crashed into a landscaping island. Submitted

Kennewick police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of DUI and reckless endangerment after he crashed his car in Columbia Park with 1- and 3-year-old passengers.

Walter Marozik’s car struck a landscaping island in the parking lot of the park’s east boat launch, a police said.

Marozik was reportedly passed out when officers found him behind the wheel of his car.

This story was originally published April 28, 2016 at 11:39 AM with the headline "Police: Kids in car when man passes out behind wheel in Columbia Park in Kennewick."

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