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A Yakima man is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges in connection with a May 1 crash that left a woman seriously injured.

Yakima County prosecutors charged John Thomas Evans, 24, with vehicular assault in Yakima County Superior Court. In court documents, prosecutors allege that Evans was legally intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Yakima police were called to the area of South 36th Avenue and Sorenson Road around 1:03 a.m. for a single-vehicle crash. At the scene, officers found a 2008 Lexus RC had hit concrete Jersey barriers, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The Lexus, which was traveling north on South 36th Avenue, was resting at the end of a more-than-100-foot trail of skid marks. Evidence at the scene indicated that the Lexus was traveling at a high rate of speed, as it had jumped the curb before hitting the concrete barriers, the affidavit said.

The evidence suggested that the Lexus never stopped at the stop sign in the intersection.

Evans, the driver, passed a field sobriety tests and, in a breath test at the Yakima Police Department, his blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.046, slightly more than half the legal limit for intoxication. Officers found evidence of cannabis use, including a marijuana pen on him, and a drug-recognition expert determined that he was intoxicated by cannabis, the affidavit said.

Evans鈥� passenger complained of pain in her leg, which was later diagnosed as a break in both bones in her lower leg that would require surgery, the affidavit said.

Evans was booked into the Yakima County jail and given preliminary bail of $50,000 for the weekend. At a May 4 preliminary appearance hearing, Judge Jared Boswell ordered Evans released on pretrial supervision and required him to check in regularly with court staff, have no contact with the woman and not possess any alcohol or drugs without a prescription.