OGDEN, Utah — A man accused of fleeing the hospital from detox, killing one and injuring others in a series of DUI crashes in Ogden Friday evening faces 14 charges including murder.
Tyson Bryce Treasure, 26, faces 14 total counts that include Murder, Automobile Homicide, two counts of Aggravated Assault, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, failure to stop, three counts of failure to remain at an accident involving injury and four counts of accident involving property damage with knowledge.
Police said it all started Friday around 5:10 p.m. when the suspect, 26-year-old Tyson Bryce Treasure, showed up at Ogden Regional Hospital and was intoxicated. Hospital staff told police that Treasure refused detox treatment and left in a Dodge Ram pickup truck.
Treasure's blood level was three times the legal limit when he refused detox and fled the hospital in a vehicle before the series of crashes involving six vehicles over 20 minutes.
His initial court appearance is scheduled for January 3.
