A Juneau grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Juneau driver involved in a drunken car crash who allegedly left behind his injured passenger.
Brylie C. Yadao, 20, faces two felony charges for third-degree assault and for leaving the scene of an accident in connection to the March 19 incident along Glacier Highway. He was also charged with driving under the influence, a misdemeanor.
Prosecutors said JPD responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man with a bloody face was near a red car upright in the middle of the road. When police arrived, they learned the man on scene was the passenger and the driver had taken off in a second vehicle.
The injured passenger was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Around the same time, Yadao showed up at the hospital for treatment, according to a police report.
Police later contacted Yadao at his home and, by way of a search warrant, conducted a blood test that reportedly showed Yadao had 0.121 blood alcohol content.
Yadao admitted to police that he took several “pulls” of Jack Daniel’s whiskey while he was at a bonfire out the road, according to prosecutors. Yadao also told officers he left the scene of the accident because he was urged to do so by others around him.
He first appeared in court Sept. 8 for an arraignment in Juneau District Court. An arraignment on Sept. 29 is now scheduled to take place in Juneau Superior Court.
Yadao does not have a criminal history in Alaska, court records show.
