Tests Absolve Driver

Tests performed on the remains of a marijuana cigarette do not link it to the driver of the limousine involved in an accident that injured three Detroit Red Wings, the Oakland County prosecutor said.

The smoked cigarette was found near the driver’s seat of the limousine after it crashed into a tree June 13 in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. The limousine was driven by Richard Gnida, 28, of Westland.

There were traces of saliva on the cigarette, but tests showed DNA in the saliva did not match DNA in blood samples taken from Gnida, prosecutor David Gorcyca said.