A Clackamas County man has been convicted of manslaughter and a slew of other charges after causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms, according to a statement obtained by Clackamas County Officials. Fullington William Frazer III was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday of two counts of Manslaughter in the First Degree, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, two counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and two counts of Assault in the Fourth Degree.
The crash occurred on the night of December 30, 2023, when Frazer decided to irresponsibly take his roommate, Mitchell Scott Barr, to a grocery store in Milwaukie, Oregon. Frazer sped through a red light at approximately 60 miles per hour, colliding with a Prius before striking a Subaru driven by Fleetwood Mars Mozee. "One of the most destructive crashes he'd ever seen," said an Oregon State Police trooper responding to the scene, as Chelsea Jones, Clackamas County Deputy District Attorney, emphasized during her closing argument. Tragically, both Barr, 24, and Mozee, 37, were killed, with two others injured in the Prius, as detailed by the Clackamas County.
At the trial, evidence showed that Frazer had aggressively accelerated his Dodge Caliber to nearly 60 miles per hour as he approached the ill-fated intersection, a move described by Deputy District Attorney Jones as "pedal to the metal." Toxicology reports confirmed the presence of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in mushrooms, in Frazer's system at the time of the accident. Despite the gravity of his actions, post-crash jail calls revealed Frazer to seemingly show no remorse, even laughing when discussing the death of his roommate, according to the Clackamas County authorities.
Furthermore, the Deputy District Attorney Jones pointed out that Mozee worked as a veterans’ services specialist for Multnomah County, dedicated to assisting veterans to obtain their benefits. Mozee's car bore a sticker with a poignant message: "Do It Sober." Frazer's recklessness obliterated not only lives but also the support system for those veterans who depended on Mozee. Frazer is anticipated to be sentenced at 10 a.m. on May 2. In a tragic twist of irony, he was on probation for a public indecency conviction dating back to 2021, and had previously been involved, in March of 2023, in a separate high-speed crash in Portland where he was the only person injured, as reported by the Clackamas County.
