EVERETT — A man who suffered a diabetic episode and crashed into a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy last year was sentenced to a month in jail.
Jason Buckingham was accused of mismanaging his diabetes. His license was suspended at the time of the crash.
Buckingham lost control of his car, veered across several lanes of Evergreen Way and smashed head-on into a sheriff’s deputy on a motorcycle. Deputy Bill Dawson was thrown from his bike and suffered serious injuries, including broken bones and organ damage. He spent more than three months in a wheelchair. Dawson has since returned to work.
Buckingham has had diabetes since he was 8. In the weeks before the crash, medics were summoned to his home several times. Each time, paramedics determined his blood sugar was too low.
He caused a head-on crash in 2010 in Mukilteo.
Buckingham was convicted of vehicular assault and faced up to three months in jail the crash involving the deputy. The defense requested that he be able to do community service instead of jail time.
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