The Washington State Patrol (WSP) made a $1.3 million payment to a trucker that a WSP sergeant falsely accused of causing a crash in 2022. The payment and a written apology from the WSP chief settled a potential lawsuit from commercial truck driver Shawn Foutch of Snohomish. Foutch was injured in the Aug. 12, 2022 collision on Interstate 5 in north Seattle, as was the rookie WSP trooper that hit Foutch’s big rig, Phirawat Apisit. Foutch was making his routine midnight run with a load of U.S. mail, when Apisit’s patrol cruiser crossed several lanes of the highway into the path of Foutch’s truck. State patrol reports say the young trooper was attempting a “rolling slowdown” of highway traffic because of a hazard ahead. RAD MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/washington-state-patrol-settlement-trucker-falsely-accused-causing-crash/281-4c2a8b1b-efb7-4a80-b7b0-92d8acd651db