Charges filed against driver in fatal bicycle collision

King County Prosecutors have filed charges against the driver who allegedly struck and killed a Kirkland bicyclist on December 8. 
Redmond resident Nathan J.Godwin, 26, was charged this afternoon with vehicular homicide and reckless driving. Prosecutors allege he was speeding and driving under the influence at 2:50 a.m. when he hit and killed bicyclist Bradley Nakatani, 35, on Northeast 124th Street.
Godwin has been released from jail after posting $500,000 bail.
 
If convicted, Godwin could be sentenced to 36 to 48 months in prison. He is scheduled to be arraigned on December 22.
 
According to the scene report by police, the driver had trouble with his field sobriety test and admitted to having had before driving a mixed drink in addition to medication for treatment of an opiate addiction. The report says Godwin, only blew a 0.78 during the breath test.
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