EVERSON, WA. – One person is dead and a man is in custody following a crash in Everson.

The Washington State Patrol says both were in a car heading south on State Route 9 Saturday night, October 7th, when the car left the roadway near Hopewell Road.

The car hit a pole, killing the passenger.

The driver was transported to Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham.

Troopers say that the driver, 21-year-old Maximino Najera Morales, was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.

He was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on a vehicular homicide charge after being treated at the hospital.

Investigators have not released the identity of the deceased passenger.