Pierce County prosecutors determined last month that the two drivers who separately struck a State Patrol trooper on a highway onramp, resulting in her death in December, won’t face criminal charges because the available evidence shows neither violated criminal laws.
A detailed analysis of the Tacoma police investigation into the fatal collisions that killed 29-year-old Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting and an explanation of the legal standards to bring charges were laid out in a seven-page letter written by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Aaron Dickinson.
Dated June 11, the letter addressed to the lead detective notes that the medical examiner couldn’t determine which collision caused Guting’s injuries, meaning they couldn’t definitively say which vehicle killed her…