Everett resident charged in crash that left 3 dead

EVERETT — A 20-year-old Everett man accused of killing three people during a street race has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide.

Grant Fosheim was driving about 80 mph when his Ford Mustang Cobra slammed into a 52-year-old woman’s minivan at Wetmore Avenue and 23rd Street on Feb. 23, police said.

The woman, Jenny McCollum, and two passengers in the Mustang, Michael Seavy, 20, and Cory Baudry, 18, were killed.

Fosheim had been celebrating Seavy’s 20th birthday at a party that night, according to charging papers filed Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court. After leaving the party, Fosheim raced a sport-utility vehicle through downtown Everett, according to charging documents.

Fosheim’s blood-alcohol content, measured two hours after the crash, had been more than twice the legal limit when his car crashed into McCollum’s van, charging papers say. McCollum, an antique-shop owner who was only blocks from home, had the right of way, according to prosecutors.

“Given the very high speed of the defendant’s Mustang, McCollum had no opportunity to avoid the collision,” Deputy Prosecutor Joan Cavagnaro wrote in the charging papers.

Police and prosecutors have spoken to the 17-year-old who was driving the SUV. He has not been charged.

Dan Terry, 19, a third passenger in Fosheim’s car, broke his neck in the crash.

Fosheim broke a leg.

Fosheim had been previously arrested in March 2002 when police found him unconscious in a car parked with the engine running. A sheriff’s deputy turned off the engine, asked him for his license, then reported that Fosheim had reached into his pocket and pulled out a large bag of marijuana. A search of the car turned up more marijuana, a digital scale and about $1,000.

Fosheim was charged with possession of a controlled substance and entered Snohomish County Drug Court in October. The program is a spinoff of a popular plan to help get nonviolent felony offenders through drug treatment and rehabilitation without sentencing them to prison.

According to Drug Court officials, Fosheim was doing well in the program. But because of the fatal crash, he was kicked out of Drug Court last month.

Jennifer Sullivan: 425-783-0604 or jensullivan@seattletimes.com