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Garrison Probe Could Take Months
Investigators on the case in Lane Garrison's fatal car crash could be in for a long haul.
As detectives in the Beverly Hills Police Department continue to probe the former Prison Break star's SUV crash last Saturday that resulted in the death of a teenage passenger, a department spokesman indicates it will take at least eight weeks before it can be determined whether Garrison had been drinking before the accident and, if so, whether he'll face any charges.
According to police, the 26-year-old actor lost control of his 2001 Land Rover on South Beverly Drive just before midnight, jumping the median and smashing into a tree. One of the passangers, Vahagn Setian, a 17-year-old Beverly Hills High School student, died of his injuries after being taken to Cedar-Sinai Medical Center.
Two other passengers, both 15-year-old girls, were also hospitalized. One was admitted in critical condition, but her status has since been upgraded to serious but stable. The other girl was treated for minor injuries and later released. Because they are minors, their names have not been released. Garrison escaped relatively unscathed.
Lieutenant Mitch McCann has said that the investigators are expected to take up to two months to piece together what happened given the scope of the case. Police must interview witnesses at the supermarket, where the teens first encountered Garrison and invited him to a party, as well as guests at the event. Investigators are also conducting a thorough analysis of the crash scene and awaiting lab results, including a blood-alcohol test administered on Garrison at the hospital.
Authorities said on Monday that officers arriving on scene noted that the TV actor, who played Tweener on the Fox drama until he was killed off earlier this season, exhibited "symptoms of alcohol intoxication." Police also removed alcohol containers from his SUV, though he couldn't say what they were.
Garrison's high-powered defense attorney, Harland Braun, whose client list has included Robert Blake, disputed that assertion.
"Why wouldn't they arrest him if they thought he was intoxicated? They took him to the hospital. They didn't take any field sobriety tests," he said on Fox News.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Braun said that his client never knew the three teenagers that were riding in his vehicle with him before the tragedy. Garrison met them at a grocery store, where the trio recognized him in the checkout line and asked him to go with them to the party.
Braun said Garrison only had one drink, from a bottle of alcohol he had purchased. The attorney added that Garrison consumed a margarita at a Mexican restaurant earlier in the evening. According to Braun, Garrison spent an hour at the party before telling the teens that he had a rendezvous with a woman later that night and they asked if they get a ride with him back to the store.
Citing eyewitness accounts and photos taken during the party, TMZ questions Braun's characterization, claiming that Garrison downed several shots of the vodka he purchased.
Braun also claimed Garrison's SUV's had alignment problems and that the actor has no recollection of the fatal crash—he purportedly doesn't even remember whether he was driving at the time.
"He thinks so, but he can't swear to it," Braun told the Times. The lawyer noted that Garrison woke up at the hospital with a cab voucher in his lap and floated a theory that someone might have spiked his drink.
Garrison, who's been working on the feature film Shooters, was said to be "totally despondent" and "overwhelmed" by what happened.
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