LSD use claimed in fatal crash in Tacoma

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Story Published: Apr 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM PDT

Story Updated: Apr 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM PDT

By Associated Press

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A young man has been accused of taking LSD before a car wreck in which his girlfriend died in Tacoma.

Twenty-year-old Tristan Ryng pleaded innocent Monday to vehicular homicide in the death of 18-year-old India Escobar. He remained in jail with bail set at $50,000.

Friends say they were aspiring artists who were in love. One friend, D.J. DeMarce, says Ryng had talked about proposing marriage.

Escobar died of a ruptured aorta after a car driven by Ryng slammed into a tree in north Tacoma. According to police, Ryng was tripping on LSD and was booked into jail early Sunday when the hallucinogenic drug wore off.

A witness told police the crash occurred after Escobar and Ryng took drugs Saturday in an apartment, began acting strangely and were asked to leave.

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