Man charged in alleged DUI crash that killed woman in Tacoma earlier this year
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man with vehicular homicide for his role in a fatal Tacoma wreck that killed a woman earlier this year.
Noah Steven Cadaram is currently not in police custody, but an arraignment is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 3, according to court records.
Charging details
Charging documents state that Tacoma police officers were dispatched to 6th Avenue and Alder Street on April 20 in response to a crash. A witness saw a gray car, later identified as Cadaram’s silver 2010 Hyundai Elantra, driving west on 6th Avenue. The Hyundai allegedly ran the red traffic light before crashing into a red car, later identified as the woman’s red 2003 Toyota Camry, according to charging documents.
The victim, identified in court documents as B. Gonzalez, was pronounced deceased at the scene, prosecutors wrote.
Detectives alleged that the Hyundai was driving north on South Alder Street and entered the intersection on 6th Avenue at a high rate of speed. The Camry was driving west on 6th Avenue and entered the intersection on South Alder Street on a green traffic signal light just prior to the crash, prosecutors wrote.
Officers who spoke to Cadaram noted an odor of intoxicants coming from his breath as he spoke, prosecutors wrote. Cadaram said he was coming from the Tacoma Comedy Club prior to the crash and drank one 20-ounce beer.
Cadaram was taken to the hospital following the wreck.
Toxicology results from Cadaram’s blood showed an ethanol level of 0.17, documents show. The legal blood alcohol content limit for drivers in Washington is 0.08 percent.
