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Thursday, October 16, 2014Area:
Boise, IDA man was driving the wrong way down State Street when he side-swiped the car being driven by a 70-year-old woman. He was ejected from his car and transported to a hospital. The woman, Susan K. Wymer, was also hospitalized, but died of blunt force trauma the next day. The name of the wrong-way driver has not been released.
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Saturday, October 11, 2014Area:
Twin Falls, IDIdaho State Police are investigating a deadly crash in Gooding County. It occured at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night. 76-year-old William McFadden was driving a Ford Ranger on Interstate 84 when his tire blew. He lost control and the vehicle rolled several times. His passenger, 75-year-old Charon McFadden, was ejected and died on the scene. Police say neither person was wearing their seat belt. William McFadden was taken to North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding. No update has been given on the extent of his injuries. William and Charon McFadden were from Milwaukie, Oregon.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014Area:
Boise, IDA 19-year-old woman was driving on Interstate 84 when a driver nearby made an abrupt lane change, forcing her to slam on her brakes. Her car rolled and she was ejected because she was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver that caused the accident fled the scene. The woman was hospitalized with injuries to the back and a laceration to the head.
Authorities are searching for the driver of a dark green 1998 Chevy Prizm with license plate 2C KR837. Anyone with information about the accident or the driver is encouraged to contact the local sheriff's office.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014Area:
Boise, IDReam was rushed to the Cascade Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The two year-old boy was taken by helicopter to Saint Alphonsus in Boise with serious injuries. Deputies say the toddler was wearing a helmet, which probably saved his life. Neither Ream nor the other passenger, Tyson Cornell, was wearing a seatbelt when the crash happened. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014Area:
Boise, IDA car full of teenagers rolled over after a 16 year-old passenger, a male, lit the driver's armpit hair on fire with a lighter. All five teenagers in the car were injured in the crash. Two of the passengers, girls ages 15 and 16, were thrown from the vehicle. None of the teens were wearing a seatbelt, and there was evidence Myers was driving too fast.
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Friday, February 28, 2014Area:
Spokane, WAA Spokane man was injured in a snowmobile accident in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest on Saturday morning.
Brian Davisson, 45, was ejected from his snowmobile and hit a snow drift near the Skitwish warming hut, according to a news release from Kootenai County Sheriff’s Dept. Davisson was then struck by another snowmobile, Higgins said.
Emergency workers were summoned to the scene about 11:30 a.m. Davisson was treated at the warming hut and taken via helicopter to Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene with non-life-threatening injuries, Higgins said.