Washington ? A man charged in a traffic accident that killed three Washington State University students has been captured in Ireland, four years after he fled to avoid his trial.

Frederick Russell, 27, was arrested Sunday by the Irish National Police at a store where he worked in Dublin, U.S. Marshal Michael Kline said. He was working under the alias of David Carroll, Kline said.

The Marshals Service received a tip about Russell last January, after he was placed on the agency’s 15 most-wanted list. After verifying the tip, U.S. officials prepared an extradition request and then had to wait for Irish officials to process the request and for a judge there to sign an arrest warrant, Kline said.

“The last nine months have been nerve-wracking,” Kline said. “We knew one leak could have caused Frederick Russell to flee and disappear again.”

Prosecutors say Russell was driving an SUV that struck three other cars as it tried to pass vehicles the night of June 4, 2001.

Russell was charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault, and a test showed his blood-alcohol content was 0.12 percent, higher than the legal limit.