Derrick Coleman was impaired at time of crash

Bellevue, Wash., police concluded a lengthy investigation into the accident and Monday submitted the findings to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review.

It was reported that Coleman’s auto was traveling at a high rate of speed before hitting another vehicle from behind, pushing it up onto an embankment and onto a retention wall where it came to a stop upside-down.

Police say Coleman admitted to smoking “Spice”, or synthetic cannabinoids.

His foot remained on the accelerator for several seconds after the initial impact, pushing the Civic 260 feet until it went off the roadway, up a hill and flipped over, according to the report. That was about 2 1/2 hours after Coleman finished a practice at Seahawks headquarters, 10 minutes away in Renton.

Coleman admitted to smoking “Spice” just ahead of the accident.

“I have seen the test results and I can be absolutely confident that there was nothing in his blood that would have impaired his ability to drive”, Coleman’s lawyer, Stephen Hayne, told The Seattle Times. Hayne said the 101-page report released by Bellevue Police was meant to make Coleman look bad, calling it a “manifesto”. Coleman’s truck pushed the Honda Civic up an embankment, turning it upside down and seriously injuring the driver inside.

Coleman was initially suspended by the Seahawks after the accident and sat out a regular-season game against Carolina on October 18. He tried to get Panthers’ linebacker Thomas Davis to fumble the onside kick he recovered late in the game to seal the end to Seattle’s season.

KIRO Radio’s Josh Kerns said the Bellevue PD will not comment until a press conference Tuesday. A final charging decision is expected to take a week or more.

“Coleman told me he woke up upside down in his vehicle”, one of the responding officers wrote in the report.

Bellevue police arrested Coleman two blocks away. He was not wearing shoes.

Coleman is likely to learn in the next few weeks whether he will be charged with felony vehicular assault and hit and run.

Coleman was booked into the King County Jail in Seattle early on a Thursday and was denied bail, four days after he played for Seattle in its overtime loss at Cincinnati.

Reached by phone Monday, a defense attorney for Coleman said he was unaware of the recommendation and therefore could not comment.

According to police, Coleman said he was deaf and had them activate his hearing aids before being read his rights.