A Puyallup woman pled guilty to an Enumclaw-area vehicular homicide last week, finally bringing a two-year case to a close.

On April 1, 2023, Kimberly Meinen was driving from the Muckleshoot Casino west on sate Route 164 in the early hours of the morning; she was heavily intoxicated, court documents read, and was just escorted out by security.

At the same time, the victim, Clifford Price, was drinking at the Yella Beak Saloon; too impaired to drive, he decided to walk home west on SR 164.

Meinen hit Price shortly after 2:30 a.m., which was when a witness driving east came across Enumclaw police officers — who were already responding an unrelated crash scene — to tell them he saw the man walking in the middle of the highway.

Before he could, though, Meinen collided with the truck from t

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