22-year-old tried to pin fatal crash on his dead friend after wrapping his BMW around a pole: Cops

A 22-year-old Washington state man who had allegedly been boozing and hitting his THC vape pen all night before crashing his BMW into a pole — killing his friend and seriously injuring himself and two others — tried to claim his dead pal was the driver.

Salom Batlok stands accused of one count of vehicular homicide in the death of 21-year-old Dewayne Aiseia along with two additional counts of vehicular assault, the Spokane Police Department said.

The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. May 8 near W. Airport Drive and S. Spotted Road in Spokane…

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