A confessed drunk driver who crashed and killed a passenger — his cousin — blamed the dead relative and a third person who wasn’t in the vehicle because he had no memory of the incident, the B.C. Provincial Court heard Wednesday.

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Stephanie Ashton said Mounties for a year were led to believe that Juan Pablo Alvarez was sleeping in the backseat when the car slid over a median and flipped upside down on Knight Street in 2010. Alvarez has since pleaded guilty to two charges.