Shumaker was driving a Ford Focus west on Heights-Ravenna when Spencer’s eastbound 1986 Chevrolet pickup truck tried to pass another truck heading east, Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler said earlier. The pickup truck driver slammed head-on into the Ford, he said.
I’m confused, did he pass the pick up on the right
and push him over into the oncomming lane.
Or did Shumaker swerve into the east bound lane to
avoid Spencer and hit the other pickup?
Spencer, in a truck, tried to pass another truck during a rainstorm. When he went into the oncoming lane to make the pass, he ran headlong into the Ford Focus, which is a Compact/Small family car (1-1/4 ton). Assuming he was driving a 1986 Silverado (2-1/4 ton), their most popular truck that year, it appears to have made short work of at least the driver’s side of the Focus.
Oddly enough, had Spencer been high on marijuana, he likely would have been *less* likely to attempt the fatal pass, as intoxicated marijuana users (within reason) are generally *safer* drivers than sober drivers. They tend to drive the limit or under, and seldom use maneuvers that increase their risk.
So best guess is that his attorney was not lying, that he had smoked marijuana earlier, but was no longer intoxicated by it. This may be reflected in toxicology tests, but I’ve no idea if ppm of THC in the blood that legally defines intoxication bears any relationship with actual intoxication.