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Two youths killed as auto hits tree
east barrow pit for a considerable
distance before striking a large
tree. All three city police officers,
two ambulances and deputy sheriff
Derold Lynskey were called to the
scene.
Funeral services for Mr. Espy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Espy,
Jr., were conducted yesterday in
Monte Espy
MCCALL —Two young McCall
men, Monte Espy, 20, and Michael
Webb, 21, were killed instantly, a
third, Barry Binning, 17, seriously
injured, and two others, Davis
Stewart, 22, and Juan Hernandez,
20, suffered lesser injuries early
Sunday morning in a single -car
accident on Warren Wagon Road,
about one - fourth mile north of
Hgwy. 55.
Binning, who was taken by
ambulance to St. Alphonsus
Hospital in Boise Sunday, un-
derwent surgery there for ex-
tensive internal injuries and was
reported in "satisfactory" con-
dition Tuesday by attending
physician Dr. Robert Morrell.
Stewart and Hernandez remained
hospitalized, in "satisfactory"
condition, in McCall Tuesday, the
former with niultiple superficiA
injuries and the latter with a
fractured arm and other injuries.
According to police chief Bill
Acker, the southbound 1965
Chevrolet owned and driven by
Webb left the right -of -way at about
1:45 a.m. and traveled along the
Michael Webb
McCall, and will be held this af- Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Webb. (See
ternoon at 2 D.M. for Webb. son of obituaries.)
MCCALL —A collision between this car and tree on Warren Wagon Road claimed the lives of two McCall youths Sunday morning
Gills killed in car. accident r t %1 xP�s
By DICK PIEPER
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Rod Gill
and his wife Pam Kunes Gill, both
former coaches at Mission Ridge here,
were killed in an automobile accident
near Riggins, Idaho, August 12.
Gill, 25, was a coach on the Mission
Ridge racing staff for several years
before taking the position of director
of racing at Mt. Brundage near
McCall, Idaho. His wife, Pam, 23, was
a top -notch racer for Mission Ridge
before retiring from competition after
the 1977 -78 season. With. Rod, she
helped coach the McCall skiers last
winter and developed the Northwest's
championship Buddy Werner squad.
As a racer, Pam Gill came very
close to cracking the national level.
Four times she represented the PNSA
in the U.S. National Alpine Champion -'
ships and was the first member of the
Mission Ridge Academy after it was
formed by Jon Bowerman in 1972.
Both Gills were graduates of
Central Washington University in
Ellensburg, Rod majoring in
recreation management and Pam in
physical education. Both young people
grew up in the Wenatchee area and
Pam earned the distinction of being
the foremost female alpine racer ever
to have come out of North Central
Washington.
Casket bearers at the double
funeral service August 17 were ski
racing coaches who had worked with
the Gills at Mission Ridge. They
included John Travers, now a coach
with the national team; Dick Knowles,
director of racing at Mission Ridge;
Mike Bourton; Randy Houston and
Gordy Bolstad.
The Gills were returning to McCall.
after a visit in Wenatchee, early on
August 12 when their compact car
crossed the center line and collided
head -on with a four -wheel drive
vehicle driven by Martin Cameron of
McCall. Cameron was also killed in
the accident.
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Baby sever hurt
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An infant was killed and 10
people were injured in a series of
highway and boating accidents
that marred Valley County's In-
dependence Day weekend.
Three- month -old Aaron
Michael Coe of Boise died last
'Wednesday of head injuries suf-
fered when he was run over by a
boat and trailer on a stretch of
Cascade Reservoir beach about a
mile south of Cascade City Park,
Lt. Donald Broughton of the
Valley County Sheriff's Depart-
ment said.
Apparently, the boy's parents,
Randy and Patty Coe, and the in-
fant's grandparents had towed
the boat and trailer down onto
the beach about noon to back it
into the water, Broughton said.
He said that while the women
went to a nearby restroom, Ran-
dy Coe placed his son in the
shade under the boat, while he
and the boy's grandfather,
Wayne Coe, discussed how to
back the rig into the water.
Broughton said that Wayne
Coe got into the pickup and
backed it up while Randy Coe
watched the truck's tires to see
how far they would sink into the
sand.
When the elder Coe pulled the
pickup ahead again, Aaron was
ui uvuutty iiueiiupe
run over by the wheels of the
trailer, Broughton said.
Ada County Chief Deputy
Coroner Lynn Bowerman said
Tuesday that he was told that
Randy and Wayne Coe had not
forgotten that Aaron was under
the trailer, but did not move him
because they had only intended to
move the trailer a "couple of
feet."
Bowerman's office gave the
time of Aaron Coe's death as
3:01 p.m. and listed the cause of
death as massive trauma to the
head.
Other mishaps last week in-
cluded:
• A one vehicle rollover on
Lakeshore Drive in Cascade sent
both the driver and a passenger to
Valley County Hospital for treat-
ment of minor injuries.
The driver, Darryl L. Gamel,
21, Boise, was charged with driv-
ing under the influence of
alcohol.
• A speedboat and sailboat col-
lided in Wagon Wheel Bay on
Payette Lake shortly before mid-
night on Thursday, the sheriff's
office reported.
Four people were taken to Mc-
Call Memorial Hospital with
minor injuries as a result, but all
were treated and released. The
operator of the sailboat, Douglas
F. Griffin of Boise, was cited for
failure to have adequate running
lights.
• A collision between a motor-
cycle and car shortly before mid-
night Thursday on Idaho 55 and
Heinrich Road sent the driver
and passenger of the motorcycle
to the McCall hospital.
The driver, DeWayne D.
Elsperman, 17, Boise, was
transferred to St. Alphonsus with
head injuries. After a short stay
in intensive care, he was released
on Sunday. His passenger was
treated and released in McCall.
Elsperman was cited for inat-
tentive driving.
• A 1919 Model T Roadster
rolled over on Warren Wagon
Road around 1:15 a.m. Friday.
A passenger was treated and
released at McCall Memorial and
the driver, Allan G. Getter, 26,
Boise, was kept overnight for
observation and released. No
citation was issued
• A head -on collision with a
parked car around 4:15 a.m. Fri-
day on Warren Wagon. Road
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Woman killed in U.S 95 wreck
An Emmett woman was killed
and a Moscow man was seriously
injured Thursday night when the
car in which they were occupants
crashed on U.S. 95 about 13
miles south of Riggins, according
to police.
Julie Shaw, 18, of Emmett,
was dead at the scene of the acci-
dent, according to an Idaho State
Police report.
The driver of the car, Marshall
Eng, 20, of Moscow, was listed in
stable condition on Tuesday at
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical
Center in Boise.
Two other occupants escaped
serious injury. Tim Blain, 20, of",
Moscow, received cuts and,:
bruises. Tim Bashau, 20, of„
Moscow, was admitted to McCall
Memorial Hospital with arm in= ;
juries. He was released on Satur -,,e
day, according to a hospital
spokesman.
The car was heading south
when it went off the side of the � `
highway and tumbled end over _
end several times, the state police
report said.
U.S. 95 wreck kills woman,
injures four others
By Tom Grote
The Star -News
A former McCall resident was
killed and four other people in-
jured Sunday in a three - vehicle
accident on U.S. 95 about 12
miles north of New Meadows, ac-
cording to Idaho State Police.
Dead at the scene of the acci-
dent was Lois Kay Rogers, 41, of
Bellevue, Idaho, who was a
passenger in the front seat of a
car that was heading south on the
highway. The car was struck
head -on by an empty cattle truck
heading north on U.S. 95, ISP
Cpl. M.R. Ruska said.
Ruska said the truck, driven by
Daniel A. Dorman, 40, of Moun-
tain Home, slid across the
highway, which was covered with
slick slush, and into the south-
bound lane on a curve about I
p.m. Sunday.
The accident occurred along
the Little Salmon River about a
mile north of the Smokey
Boulder Road turn -off from U.S.
95.
The truck was.,'treling an
estimated 35 miles per hour and
the car was traveling an estimated
30 mph when the collision occur-
red, Ruska said.
The truck and the car in which
Rogers was riding collided head -
on. The Rogers car was pushed
backward into a third car that
also was heading southbound on
the highway, he said.
Rogers, who was not ejected
from the car, died of neck in-
juries and massive head injuries,
Ruska said. A full obituary can
be found on Page A -3.
Ruska said Monday that no
citations had been issued, but
that an investigation was continu-
ing.
Driving the car in which
Rogers was riding was her son,
Daryl I.. Rogers, 17. He was
treated at McCall Memorial
Hospital in McCall and transfer-
red to St. Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center in Boise.
Daryl Rogers was listed in
satisfactory condition on Tues-
day and was expected to be
released today, a nursing super-
visor said.
Also injured was Scott A.
House, 16, of Hailey, who was
riding in the rear of the Rogers
car, and who was thrown from
the car during the accident,
Ruska said.
House was taken to Syringa
General Hospital in Grangevillc,
where he was admitted to the
hospital's intensive -care unit. By
Tuesday, he had been transferred
out of intensive -care and was
listed in stable and improved con-
dition, a nursing supervisor said.
A third passenger in the car,
Heather Ann Linhart, 18, Sun
.Valley, was injured and taken to
St. Joseph's Hospital in
Lewiston, where she was listed in
stable condition.
Daryl Rogers, House and
Linhart all were members of a
high school debating team and
were returning from a competi-
tion at the University of Idaho in'
Moscow when the accident occur-
red, Ruska said.
Dorman, the driver of the
truck, was held overnight at Syr -
inga General and released. The
driver of the third car, Teresa M.
Praest, 20, of Lewiston, was not
injured.
Ambulance crews from New
Meadows, Riggins and Lucile
assisted in treating and transport
ting the iniured. Ruska said.
Body of Cascade man found
The body of Cascade resident
Dan Montgomery was
recovered last Thursday from
the Payette River near
Horseshoe Bend.
An Idaho Department of Fish
and Game officer found the
body of Montgomery, 33, while
patrolling about two miles
north of Horseshoe Bend, Boise
County Coroner Devota Tib-
bets said.
Montgomery had been miss-
ing since the morning of May
14, when the pick -up lie was
driving to work plunged off the
Garden Valley Road and into
the South Fork of the Payette
near Banks.
It took sheriff's deputies and
a wrecker crew working with a
crane two days to retrieve
Montgomery's truck from the
swift current.
During the first day's efforts,
it was thought that Mon-
tgomery's body could be seen
inside the cab, but the vehicle
broke loose and drifted further
downstream. When the pickup
was finally pulled out, there was
no body inside.
Montgomery's body drifted
about 15 miles downstream
from the site of the accident and
into the main Payette River dur-
ing the 23 days that he was miss-
ing.
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Crunch!
No one was injured last Wednesday evening
when this logging truck, driven by Gary L.
Ward of Garden Valley, collided with the
Union Pacific Railroad engine in Cascade.
Cascade Police Chief Al Records said Ward
was eastbound with the unloaded truck on
East Cascade Street. The train, piloted by
Dennis G. Washburn of Caldwell, was travel-
ing north. The train consisted of only two
engines and a caboose at the time of the acci-
dent. A line of freight cars parked along a
parallel track prevented Ward from seeing the
oncoming train until he was on the tracks,
Records said. The chief said that Ward at-
tempted to back his truck off the tracks. "If
he'd have been able to back up another foot,
he would have made it," Records said.
Damage to the Peterbilt tractor, owned by
Jensen Trucking of Eagle, was estimated at
$1,750. The Union Pacific train engine was
not damaged.
Donnelly man dies in wreck
A Donnelly man was killed last
week when the pickup he was
driving ran off a road near White
Bird.
The wreckage of the car driven
by Richard E. Campbell, 32, of
Donnelly, was seen by a passing
motorist about 11 a.m. Thurs-
day. The wreck was off a dirt
road one -half mile from Banner
Ridge Road about six miles east
of U.S. 95, an Idaho County
Sheriff's Department report said.
A deputy sheriff responded to
the call and found the pickup 300
yards down a hillside from the
road. Campbell's body was
found halfway down the slope,
the report said.
Campbell apparently was
ejected from the truck as it rolled
down the hill, and he appeared to
have been killed instantly, a
sheriffs office spokesman said.
Campbell was working as a
sawyer for Robinson Logging
Co. of Riggins on a timber sale at
the time of the accident.
The report said he had made a
telephone call from White Bird
about 11 p.m. Wednesday, which
likely put the time of the accident
as soon after that.
The report said that the acci-
dent probably happened due to
Campbell driving too fast for the
road conditions at the time.
Funeral services will be held at
1 p.m. today at Heikkila Funeral
Chapel in McCall. It
Spill trailer
leaves McCall
More than se ven weeks after a
semi -truck dumped hundreds of
gallons of fungicide into the Little
Salmon River, the trailer that car-
ried the poison was moved from
McCall Tuesday afternoon.
The trailer, battered and split
open from the Dec. 19 wreck, was
not a health hazard, according to
McCall officials. But those offi-
cials were frustrated in attempts to
have the wreckage removed and
have incurred the wrath of the
Payette Lakes Water and Sewer
District.
The trailer was collapsed by city
crews operating heavy equipment,
and the rig was last seen being
towed on its wheels toward Boise
about 5 p.m. Tuesday, city admin-
istrator Bud Schmidt said.
The trailer was carrying a load of
fungicide when it careened off U.S.
95 north of New Meadows and
plunged into the Little Salmon
River.
An estimated 500 to 800 gallons
of the materials spilled from con-
tainers and went into the river,
killing fish for several miles
downstream.
U.S. 95 was closed for a day,
the driver of the truck was cited in
the accident and state officials have
vowed to seek repayment from the
truck's owners for the damage in
the river caused by the spill.
The problems for the city of
McCall began when the trailer was
plucked from the Little Salmon and
towed by Acheson Motors to the
wrecker's yard along Idaho 55 in
McCall.
Almost immediately, residents
of homes near the Acheson yard
called city officials expressing
:strong objections, calling the trailer
,a health hazard.
McCall Fire Chief Dale Points
said he would not have allowed the
truck to enter the city if it had not
been made safe. The trailer had been
emptied of the remaining fungicide,
with only some reddish - purple
stains visible from a dye used on
the chemical.
"Millions of gallons of river
water had washed over it," Points
said. "There was not enough mate-
rial spilled in the trailer to be toxic
to anyone."
However, as a precaution, the
city used its emergency police
powers to take control of the
trailer, which was then moved to a
fenced yard at the sewage treatment
plant off Boydstun Street on the
southwest edge of town.
Schmidt said he immediately
began efforts to have the truck re-
moved, but was called by Idaho.
State Police investigators on Dec.
22 and told to hold the trailer for
examination by the state.
The ISP released the trailer back
to the city after its investigation a
week later, just before the New
Year's Day. Schmidt said he spent
the next several days on the tele-
phone tracking down the owner of
the trailer, the owner's insurance
company, the company's adjuster,
and arranging for a towing com-
pany to dispose of the rig.
Then, City Attorney Robert
Remaklus was asked to intervene,
and several more telephone calls
produced a promise to have the
trailer moved by Jan. 18.
That deadline was missed, but a
wrecking crew from Boise came to
McCall last week to tow away the
trailer. However, the crew discov-
ered the trailer was too badly dam-
aged to be hauled safely, and went
away empty - handed.
Finally, on Tuesday, a tow truck
managed to pick up the trailer after
it was collapsed on its chassis and
hauled it away.
Adding to the problem was a
letter sent on Jan. 13 to the city
from the sewer district expressing
concern about storing the truck at
the sewer plant, where district em-
ployees make regular visits.
The district had told its employ-
ees to stay out of the area until the
truck was removed, the letter from
district board chairman Barbara
Knipe said. "The city's conduct in
unilaterally exposing sewer district
employees to a potential health
hazard is unwarranted," Knipe
wrote.
Schmidt called the letter
"overstated," but Ted Whiteman,
coordinator for the district, said that
the letter accurately expressed the
concerns of his board of directors.
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McCall store damaged
by car str ck qyJruck
A truck and tr�i�r
letslammed
into a car and knocked it into a
McCall mall store at noon Satur-
day, causing about $8,000 in dam-
age; no one was injured, McCall
police said.
The truck, driven by Eldon
Davis, 74, Fruitland, was north-
bound on Idaho 55 and was at-
tempting to turn west onto East
Lake Street when it slid into a
parked car, pushing the car 65
feet into the corner store of The
Lake Street Mall, Officer Dave
Denbleyker said.
Denbleyker said that "miracu-
lously," neither pedestrians nor
the 25 horses riding in the trailer
were injured. He attributed the
slide -off to icy roads.
He said the collision wrecked
the car and shifted the Shirt and
Soundworks store from its con-
crete foundation.
According to the store's con-
tractor, damage to the Shirt and
c ^•• ^�•• ^�U ,the corner building
11, was estimated at
100, Denbleyker said.
an investigation was
Youths injured
in auto wreck
Three Valley County residents
were injured Friday night when the
car in which they were riding lost
control and crashed along Lick
Creek Road, the Valley County Sh-
eriff's Office said.
Kristina Varner, 16, of Donnelly,
was the most seriously injured in
the accident, which happened about
10 p.m. Friday on Lick Creek Road
just past its intersection with East -
side Road on the east side of Payette
Lake, Sheriff Lewis Pratt said.
Varner was taken by ambulance
to McCall Memorial Hospital and
taken by Life Flight helicopter to
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical
Center in Boise. Varner was listed
in good condition on Tuesday at St.
Al's, a hospital spokesman said.
The driver of the car, Mark Lari-
more, 20, of Donnelly, was admit-
ted overnight at McCall Memorial
Hospital and was released on Satur-
day, Pratt said. A third occupant,
Patrick Futter, 26, of Lake Fork,
was treated at the hospital and re-
leased.
Larimore told police that he lost
control of the car on a curve. The
car left the roadway and rolled a
short distance down an embank-
ment. All three occupants were not
wearing seat belts and were ejected,
Pratt said. The accident was still un-
der investigation, he said.
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Testimony says
drinking led to
Pyle accident
BY JAMES L. KINCAID
The Star -News
A four- wheeling lark based on al-
cohol led to the death of Daniel
"Dino" Pyle last Halloween night,
according to testimony given in a
court hearing last Thursday.
The testimony was given during
a hearing for Darren S. Coats, 20,
of McCall, who was driving the
pickup at the time of the accident
which killed Pyle, 17, of McCall.
Witnesses for the prosecution
appearing in Valley County Magis-
trate's Court in Cascade uniformly
confirmed the use of alcohol during
the late -night drive on Bear Basin
Road west of McCall.
Defense attorney Thomas Mc-
Cabe questioned claims about Coats'
blood- alcohol content and the speed
"We were four -
wheeling. It was an
accident.
It happens."
— Jeffrey Bateman
of the pickup at the time of the ac-
cident. However, Magistrate Darla
Williamson bound Coats over to
Fourth District Court to face felony
charges of involuntary manslaughter
and felony driving without privi-
leges.
Coats is scheduled to appear for
arraignment in Fourth District
Court on Jan. 28.
Valley County Prosecuting At-
torney Clayton Andersen told
Williamson that the manslaughter
charge was applicable to Coats for,
among other reasons, indications of
driving under the influence of alco-
hol and reckless driving.
A test given to Coats several
hours after the accident showed a
blood - alcohol content, which ex-
ceeds the legal limit percent, Ander-
sen said.
Tests conducted by Idaho State
Police Cpl. Robert Clements, an
accident reconstruction investigator,
showed that Coats' truck was travel-
ing at least 32 miles per hour when
the driver lost control. About 75
feet of skid marks were left on the
snow - covered road before the truck
hit a stump and tipped on its side,
Clements said.
Witness Jeffrey T. Bateman, 18,
of McCall, said he, Pyle, Shawn
Storck and Coats met earlier Hal-
loween eve and decided to "go four -
wheeling." While drinking Yukon
Jack and Canadian Mist, they drove
up Bear Basin road, Bateman said.
Coming down the mountain
about 9:15 p.m., the truck slid
sideways, hit a stump and turned
over on its side, pinning Pyle un-
demeath, Bateman said.
"I could tell by the way he
(Coats) was driving he was kind of
drunk," Bateman said. "Right be-
fore the corner we lost control and
Dino told Darren to slow down.
None of us were upset with the driv-
ing coming down. We were four -
wheeling. It was an accident. It
happens."
After the group jacked up Coats'
truck to free Pyle, Bateman said he
ran to Pyle's truck where the group
had left it earlier, drove into town
and reported the accident.
Storck, 19, of Donnelly, said he
felt Coats was in control of the
truck.
"We weren't that drunk at the
time of the accident, just feeling
good," Storck said. "We started slid-
ing sideways, like in slow motion.
The rig tipped over really slow and
Dino had his head out the window."
Valley County Sheriffs Officer
J.R. Gray said he responded to the
accident about 1 a.m. He placed
Coats under arrest for driving with-
out privileges and escorted him to a
patrol car.
"I noticed the odor of alcohol on
Darren Coats and he had a great deal
of difficulty maintaining his bal-
ance," Gray said. "At one time,
Coats appeared to be falling forward
and I reached out and helped him
remain standing. Coats refused
blood and alcohol tests."
After obtaining a search warrant
about 2 a.m. that morning, Coats
was tested at Valley County District
Hospital in Cascade, Gray said.
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Truck overturns
in S.F. of Salmon
A 35 -ton dump truck flipped into
the South Fork of the Salmon River
Monday morning, spilling a small
amount of fuel and other fluids.
However, officials believe they cap-
tured most of the fluids before they
flowed downstream.
The accident occurred on the
South Fork Road 16 -1/2 miles
north of its junction with Warm
Lake Road and downstream from
Poverty Flat, a spawning area for
salmon and steelhead.
The truck belongs to the Argee
Construction Co., which hauls ore
for Hecla Mining Co. of Coeur d'
Alene from the Hecla's gold mine at
Stibnite. The empty truck was be-
ing moved from the mine and out of
the area for the winter, Payette Na-
tional Forest spokesman Dave Ol-
son said.
The accident occurred about 4
a.m. Monday on a straight, narrow
stretch of the South Fork Road.
Somehow, the truck ran off th;, road
and overturned into the river. The
driver escaped serious injuries, ac-
cording to reports.
The capsized truck spilled 20 gal-
lons of diesel, 12 gallons of hy-
draulic fluid and four gallons of mo-
tor oil, Olson said.
However, an estimated 95 percent
of the spilled fluids was contained
by booms and other absorbant mate-
rials placed in the river downstream
from the accident site, Olson said.
Those absorbant materials are
stockpiled at Warm Lake and at
Stibnite just for such incidents, Ol-
son said.
Olson also credited Valley
County Sheriffs Deputy Dave Mc-
Clintock with limiting the spill.
McClintock, one of the first persons
on the scene, used plastic bags to
cover the truck's fuel tank until
more help could arrive, Olson said.
There was no report of filsh kills
or other damage as a result of the
accident, Olson said.
A bulldozer was needed to right
the truck about 4 a.m. Tuesday and
pull it to a place where it could get
back onto the road and resume its
journey. Workers then placed rock
"rip -rap" along the bank and planted
grass where the truck had passed.
The dump truck was one of a
dozen ore - hauling trucks operated by
Hecla and Argee that were permitted
to use the South Fork Road under a
special permit issued by the Payette
forest, Olson said.
The South Fork Road was used
rather than the Johnson Creek Road
because of slippery conditions on a
steep section of the Johnson Creek
Road between Landmark and Warm
Lake, he said.
The incident was still under in-
vestigation, and it was unknown
whether more trucks will be allowed
to use the road, Olson said.
Monday's incident was the second
in a week at the same location, Ol-
son said. Another 35 -ton truck fell
off the road last Thursday, but a tree
kept the truck from going into the
river.
Charges filed
in death of
MmD student
BY TOM GROTE
The Star -News
A McCall man has been charged
with vehicular manslaughter and
four other charges following an ac-
cident last week that killed a Mc-
Call- Donnelly High School student.
Darren S. Coats, 20, of McCall,
remained in Valley County Jail this
week on $50,000 bond pending, an-
other_court h ha+dek.':: .
Coats has been charged in the
death of Daniel K. "Dino " Pyle, 17,
of McCall. Pyle was a passenger in
a pickup driven by Coats that slid
off a snowy stretch of Bear Basin
Road, struck a stump and overturned
on the night of Oct. 31.
Pyle died within minutes after
the pickup rolled onto the upper part
of his body, Valley County Coroner
Mary Heikkila said. Pyle was the
son of John and Barbara Pyle of
McCall.
In addition to the manslaughter
charge, a felony, Coats also was
charged with another felony for driv-
ing without privileges due to the
fact that he has been charged twice
before with that offense, Valley
County Prosecuting Attorney Clay-
ton Andersen said.
He also was charged with failure
to provide proof of vehicle insur-
ance, failure to use a safety belt and
obstructing or resisting an officer.
The obstructing charge relates to
Coats' resistance to submit to hav-
ing blood drawn for a blood - alcohol
test, even though a search warrant
had been obtained to compel the
test, Andersen said. Results of the
test were not available on Tuesday.
The incident occurred about 9:30
p.m. on Oct. 31 when Pyle, Coats
and two other area residents decided
to take a drive up Bear Basin Road
west of McCall, Idaho State Police
Cpl. Mitch Ruska said.
The others who came along were
Shawn J. Storck, 19, of Donnelly,
and Jeffrey T. Bateman, 18, of Mc-
Call.
Pyle had driven his car about
three miles up Bear Basin Road, but
decided to leave it when the caravan
encountered snow, Ruska said. The
four youths then decided to proceed
in Coats' pickup on a trip to
Brundage Mountain Lookout and
Daniel 'Dino' Pyle
surrounding roads.
It was on the way down that the
accident happened, Ruska said.
Coats rounded a curve in the road
too fast for the road's grade. He lost
control and slid sideways down the
snow - covered road about six miles
from its junction with Idaho 55.
The pickup hit a stump on the
side of the roadway and rolled onto
its right side. Pyle had been hanging
outside the pickup window and was
pinned when the pickup rolled,
Ruska said. The others used the
pickup's jack ,to raise the cab and
free Pyle, and Bateman ran down to
Pyle's car to drive into McCall and
seek help.
McCall Ambulance Service am-
bulances responded, as did officers
from the McCall Police Depart-
ment, the Valley County Sheriffs
Office and the Adams County Sher-
iffs Office.
Pyle's death sent a wave of shock
through McCall - Donnelly High
School, where he was a well -liked
student, Principal Doug Flaming
said. Pyle was a member of the
school wrestling team and was a
candidate for the student body
president.
"He was the kind of kid that was
accepted by everyone," Flaming
said. "He was a good student and not
a discipline problem. You wouldn't
mind having him as your own son."
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Pyle's death set into motion the
first use of the school district's Cri-
sis Management Plan, which was
adopted only last spring to deal with
sudden deaths or emergencies in the
school, Flaming said.
Teachers were notified of the
death early Thursday morning and
were called into a meeting to be
briefed on the facts of the incident.
"We gave them a statement of facts
for discussion in each class and told
them to go ahead and let the kids
talk about death and dealing with
loss," he said.
Next, a "grieving room" was set
up in the high school counseling
center to allow students to leave
their classrooms and gather to fur-
ther discuss the death, if they
wished. Professional counselors
from McCall were called in to aid
M -D's staff counselors, as were
counselors from the Meadows Val-
ley School District.
Nearly half of the student body,
or about 80 students, visited the
room during the morning, some
coming back more than once, Flam-
ing said.
A student body assembly was
held at mid - morning, where addi-
tional facts of the incident were read
and students were encouraged to ex-
press their feelings.
"By about 10 a.m. or 10:30, you
could see that something was pass-
ing," Flaming said. "They were not
sobbing uncontrollably, and some
had smiles on their faces again."
School was already scheduled to
be dismissed Thursday afternoon and
Friday for parent- teacher confer-
ences, which provided a welcomed
break. A gathering held Thursday
night at a student's home and Pyle's
funeral on Saturday also provided
needed releases for grief, Flaming
said.
When classes resumed on Mon-
day, a sense of normalcy had re-
turned, although the grieving room
will be left open through next week,
he said.
Flaming said he was pleased with
the way the crisis plan worked,
although he wished the district did
not have to use it so quickly.
The last time an M -D student
was killed was when 17- year -old Ja-
son Place of McCall was killed in a
boating accident on Payette Lake in
July 1988.
A memorial scholarship fund for
Pyle has been set up at West One
Bank in McCall, and all donations
should be sent there, Flaming said.
Guidelines on how the fund will be
distributed will be determined later.
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given
prison
A McCall man was sentenced to
prison Friday on charges of vehicu-
lar manslaughter and driving with-
out privileges in the death last Hal-
loween night of a McCall youth.
Darren S. Coats, 20, of McCall
was sentenced to seven years in
prison with two years fixed on the
manslaughter charge for the death of
Daniel "Dino" Pyle, 17. He also
received 20 days in jail, a $500 fine
and suspended driving privileges for
his second charge of driving without
privileges.
"I'm sorry for what happened and
for my actions that led to the acci-
dent," Coats told Fourth District
Court Judge George Carey. "Not a
day goes by that I don't think about
Dino Pyle. I am ready to accept re-
sponsibility for his death."
Carey, who handed down the sen-
tence at the Valley County Court-
house in Cascade, said he felt the
sentence recommended by Valley
County Prosecuting Attorney Clay-
ton Andersen was fair.
"Coats had a prior charge (of
driving while suspended) and drove
his vehicle openly in McCall," An-
dersen said. "He obtained alcohol,
joined his friends and went four -
wheeling to try out his new tires."
Andersen said Coats and his three
passengers were heavily intoxicated
at the time of the accident, which
took place on Bear Basin Road west
of McCall.
The accident occurred on the
night of Oct. 31, 1990, as Coats,
Pyle and two other men were four -
wheeling, according to police re-
ports. The accident occurred about
9:30 p.m. that evening when Coats
lost control of the truck, and it slid
and hit a stump.
Pyle, sitting near the passenger
door, was hanging out the window
and was killed as the truck rolled
onto him. Coats' blood - alcohol
content was tested and found to be
higher than the lega limit lice
reports said. ���� Coats is in jail ni
space in the state penitentiary. He
will first spend time at the North
Idaho Correctional Institution in
Cottonwood, according to Thomas
J. McCabe of Boise, Coats.' defense
attorney. WD
"Darren Coats is accepts g is
punishment and this is a way to get
right with society," McCabe said.
"Getting right with himself will
probably take a lifetime. It is unfor-
tunate that the Coats and Pyle fami-
lies have been unable to heal this
wound."
There is no appeal planned, Mc-
Cabe said.
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Coats released
on probation
after jail term
A former McCall resident was
placed on probation last week after
serving 180 days of a seven -year
sentence for vehicular manslaughter.
Darren S. Coats, 20, was sen-
tenced last May for the death of
Daniel "Dino" Pyle, 17, who was
killed in a four - wheeling accident on
Halloween night of 1990.
Coats served his time in the Val-
ley County Jail and at the North
Idaho Correctional Institution in
Cottonwood. Fourth District Court
Judge George Carey on Friday eval-
uated a review of Coats' behavior
during the 180 -day period and
granted probation for the remainder
of the sentence.
Carey also ordered Coats to pay
about $3,000 restitution to the vic-
tim's estate and suspended Coats'
driving privileges for three years.
"I would like to thank the court
for this second chance, and I intend
to carry out my probation success-
fully," Coats told Carey.
Coats will live with his parents
in Clarkston, Wash., and attend the
spring semester at Lewis -Clark
State College in Lewiston, said
Thomas J. McCabe of Boise, Coats'
defense attorney.
The accident occurred on the
night of Oct. 31, 1990, as Coats,
Pyle and two other men were driv-
ing for fun on snow -slick Bear
Basin Road west of McCall, accord-
ing to police reports.
The accident occurred about 9:30
p.m. that evening when Coats lost
control of his pickup and it slid and
hit a stump. Pyle, sitting near the
passenger door, was hanging out the
A Valley County Sheriffs Office
patrol car was destroyed and a Cas-
cade Police Department police car
was damaged when they were
rammed at a roadblock on Idaho 55
just north of Cascade.
The patrol cars were rammed by a
flatbed car carrier stolen earlier that
evening from McCall Tire and Auto
Repair in McCall. Prior to the col-
lision at the roadblock, police had
chased the carrier 25 miles from
McCall down the highway.
window and was killed as the truck
rolled onto him.
Other actions at the Fourth Dis-
trict Court in Cascade on Friday in-
cluded
• Christobal Apodaca pled guilty
to two counts of aggravated assault
and one count of aggravated battery
in connection with the July 2 shoot-
ing of a woman during a camping
trip near Horsethief Reservoir.
The guilty plea, if accepted at a
Nov. 29 sentencing hearing, is
based on a plea bargain, according to
Larry Schoenhut, defense attorney
for Apodaca. Valley County Prose-
cuting Attorney Jamie Shropshire
has agreed she will not ask for more
than a 10 -year prison sentence with
five years fixed. The judge does not
have to accept the plea bargain and
the defense can ask for a reduced sen-
tence, Schoenhut said.
"Mr. Apodaca has no recollection
of the incident," Schoenhut said.
"In his heart, he does not believe he
did these things."
Denise Branson, 28, was shot
with a .45 caliber automatic pistol
while sitting in her car at the camp-
site, according to Valley County
Sheriffs reports. Branson was
found by children and neighboring
campers, who wrestled the gun away
from Apodaca and held him.
The campers then drove to a
home on Warm Lake Road and re-
ported the incident to authorities.
Branson was hospitalized and subse-
quently recovered from the shooting.
Apodaca, whose age was listed as
over 50, remains in custody in the
Valley County Jail in Cascade.
• Joseph K. Tucker, 23, pleaded
not guilty to charges stemming
from an Oct. 7 incident which ended
when a stolen car carrier rammed a
police roadblock near Cascade.
A trial is set for Dec. 4 for
Tucker, who is charged with second -
degree burglary, grand theft, petty
theft, obstructing an officer, mali-
cious injury to property, felony ma-
licious injury to property and aggra-
vated assault.
Donnelly mayor dies
from accident
Donnelly Mayor Don Coski died
in a Spokane, Wash., hospital on
Monday night from injuries he suf-
fered in an automobile accident on
March 21 near Spokane.
Coski, 71, had been in critical
condition in the intensive care unit
at Holy Family Hospital in
Spokane since the accident. He died
with members of his family at his
bedside, said Ken Roberts of
Donnelly, Coski's son -in -law.
Funeral services will be held at 1
p.m. Friday at the Donnelly Bible
Church in Donnelly, with members
of Coski's family conducting the
services. Graveside services will fol-
low at Alpha Cemetery south of
Cascade.
A pot luck dinner will be held at
the Donnelly Bible Church follow-
ing the burial. Those attending
should call Tom or Cathy Penry at
325 -8733 for information on bring-
ing food.
Donnelly City Council President
injuries
Tom Penry will assume Coski's du-
ties until a permanent replacement
can be named, Donnelly City Clerk
Louise Roberts said Tuesday.
Coski was injured about 10 a.m.
on March 21 on Washington State
Highway 2 about two miles north
of Spokane, according to
Washington State Patrol officials.
Coski's car was northbound on
the highway when he tried to make
a U -turn, according to officials. His
1989 Subaru station wagon was hit
broadside on the driver's side by a
Chevrolet Blazer, also northbound,
driven by Richard Myers, 40, of
Colbert, Wash. Myers was not in-
jured.
Coski's wife, Frances, suffered a
broken collar bone in the accident,
but did not require an extensive stay
in the hospital. A second passenger
in Coski's car, Aaron Coski, 13, a
nephew from Spokane, escaped seri-
ous injury.
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19urned hulk is all that remains of roadster that crashed early Friday.
Two die in car crash
Two men were killed early Friday
when the car in which they were rid-
ing missed a curve on Warren
Wagon Road north of McCall and
crashed, Idaho State Police said.
Michael F. Heyrend, 45, of
Boise, and Steven J. Rudy, 42, of
Sandy, Utah, were pronounced dead
at the scene of the accident, which
happened about 3.5 miles north of
Idaho 55 near the J.R. Simplot es-
tate.
The two were occupants of a
1989 model specialty kit car that
Heyrend that purchased on Thursday,
ISP Cpl. Mitch Ruska said.
The car was heading north about
2 a.m. Friday when it approached
the curve at the "Simplot estate at
between 50 and 60 miles per hour,
Ruska said. The car flew off the road
and rolled end - over -end, breaking off
several small trees.
Heyrend and Rudy, who were
brothers -in -law, were thrown from
the car, which burst into flames as
it came to rest off the roadway.
There were no skid marks on the
road, Ruska said.
It was unknown which one of the
victims was driving the car. A care -
taker at the Simplot estate saw the
fire and reported it to police, Ruska
said.
Members of the Valley County
Sheriff's Office, the McCall Police
Department and the McCall
Volunteer Fire Department re-
sponded to the scene. The fire did
not spread beyond the car.
Rollover kills two
Riggins youths
BY TOM GROTE
The Stu -News
Two Riggins youths were killed
Saturday and six other youths were
injured when the car in which they
were riding ran off U.S. 95 and rolled
down an embankment about 17 miles
north of New Meadows, Idaho State
Police said.
The deaths of Lacey Hancock, 8,
and Linda Dealy, 10, stunned the stu-
dents and staff at Riggins Elementary
School who invoked the school's cri-
sis management plan.
The 1973 Jeep Wagoneer was
driven by Amber Travis, 16, of
Riggins, ISP Cpl. John Burke said.
The car was heading south on U.S. 95
about 6:25 p.m. Saturday when it ran
off the shoulder while rounding a
curve.
Travis apparently overcorrected
the steering, slid across the highway
and rolled 20 feet down an embank-
ment toward the Little Salmon River.
The car did not go into the river,
Burke said.
Hancock and Dealy were ejected
from the car during the accident and
were pronounced dead at the scene.
There is no guard rail where the car
went off the highway, he said.
Travis and five other youths in the
car were taken to McCall Memorial
Hospital by ambulances from Riggins,
New Meadows and McCall.
Transported were Melissa Dealy,
10, Riggins; Rick Herman, 17, Pol-
lock; Angela Herman, 14, Pollock;
Bill Arnold, 13, New Meadows; and
Jamie Grant, 16, New Meadows.
Melissa Dealy, Angela Herman and
Arnold were treated at the hospital
and released. Travis, Rick Herman
and Grant were held overnight at the
hospital and released on Sunday, a
hospital spokesman said.
The car apparently was traveling
within the speed limit at the time of
the accident, Burke said. None of the
occupants were wearing seat belts.
An investigation is continuing this
week.
On Sunday, Salmon River High
School Principal Joe Anderson called
a meeting of school staff members to
invoke the school's crisis manage -
mentplan. Hancockwas athird- grader
and Dealy was a fourth - grader.
Counselors, ministers and other
volunteers were called in Monday
morning to talk to the students about
the accident, Anderson said Tuesday.
"We briefly stated the facts and let
the kids talk or express their feelings
by way of drawing pictures or writing
a letter to the parents (of the vic-
tims)," Anderson said.
Those students who needed indi-
vidual counseling were given time to
do so, but Anderson said he stressed
returning to a normal routine as soon
as possible. "We wanted to try to get
right back on task," he said.
The plan worked well, he said.
About 140 students are enrolled in the
elementary school and 140 are en-
rolled in Salmon River High School.
Funerals for the two youths killed
in the accident were held Wednesday
at the school. Scheduled school holi-
days today and Friday also will help
students recover from the shock,
Anderson said.
McCall Memorial Hospital in-
voked its own disaster plan when faced
with six accident victims coming to
the hospital at one time, director of
nursing Lori Wilkes said.
An extra doctor, three extra nurses,
and laboratory and therapy special-
ists were called in. Also, volunteers
from the McCall Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary were called to deal with
family members of the victims and to
control visitor traffic, Wilkes said.
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Van, bus crash hurts 3
A collision between a 1985 Ford
van and a school bus headed to
Brundage Mountain Ski Area to
pick up high school students last
week injured three people and re-
sulted in extensive damage to both
vehicles. The incident occurred
about 4 p.m. on Feb 23 on Brund-
age Mountain Road as the Ford
van driven by James S. Hennigan,
37, of Louisiana, was unable to ne-
gotiate a curve in the roadway. The
van slammed into the oncoming
bus driven by Mary Beth Farrer,
36, of McCall. Hennigan and two of
Photo by Shari Hambleton
the five other passengers in the van
were injured in the accident.
Hennigan, his mother -in -law, Betty
Coarmouche, 51, and father -in -law
Donald Coarmouche, 57, also of
Louisiana, were treated at the scene
by McCall Ambulance Service
EMTs and transported to McCall
Memorial Hospital where they were
treated and released, police reports
said. None ofthe injured were wear-
ing seat belts. Farrer and her two
children were not injured in the
incident. Hennigan was cited for
driving too fast for conditions.
Woman dies
while driving
A McCall woman died last
Thursday when she apparently
was stricken with a heart attack
while driving her car near the
McCall Golf Course, the McCall
Police Department said.
The auto driven by Barbara J.
Rosenau, 65, of McCall, crashed
and rolled onto its top about 8:15
p.m. last Thursday on Reedy Lane
near where the street bends into
Fairway Drive, a police report
said.
Witnesses said they saw
Rosenau's car heading east on
Reedy Lane moving about 20
miles per hour when the carfailed
to make the turn to the north.
The car ran off the street, hit a
boulder and overturned. There
were no sign of braking or skid
marks, the report said.
Rosenau was unconscious
when rescuers found her, and she
had to be extricated from her car
by volunteers from the McCall
Fire Department.
She was treated for cardiac
arrest and declared dead at McCall
Memorial Hospital, the report
said.
Doctors at the hospital said
Rosenau had been previously
under care for heart problems.
Car wreck kills Boise man;
McCall man dies after mishap
A Boise man was killed early Sat-
urday in a one -car accident on West
Mountain Road five miles south of
Donnelly, the Valley County Sheriff's
Office reported.
Also, a McCall man struck by a
bicycle during the Independence Day
weekend died from his injuries last
week.
In the West Mountain Road acci-
dent, Steve A. Thompson, 46, died
from injuries he suffered when the
1989 Chevrolet pickup he was driv-
ing went off the road and crashed near
Black Bear Drive about 2:30 a.m., a
sheriff s report said.
Two other passengers in the ve-
hicle, Patrick F. McFarland, 40, and
Mark L. Brough, 38, both of Boise,
were taken by Donnelly Volunteer
Fire Department ambulance to Val-
ley County Hospital in Cascade.
McFarland suffered extensive cuts
and bruises to his head, neck and
shoulders. He was held overnight for
observations and released on Sunday
in satisfactory condition. Brough was
treated for cuts and bruises and re-
leased on Saturday.
The sheriff's department was inves-
tigating the accident this week.
In the McCall incident, John W.
Lord, 57, died last Thursday morning at
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Cen-
ter in Boise from head injuries, an Ada
County Coroner's report said.
Lord was walking westbound on
West Lake Street at about 12:45 a.m.
July 2 when he was struck by a bicycle
traveling eastbound. Lord struck his
head on the pavement during the inci-
dent, according to a McCall Police
Department report.
Lord had been drinking alcohol
shortly before the accident and had a
blood - alcohol level 2 -1/2 times the le-
gal limit, Lt. Carla Donica said.
The bicyclist, JoshuaJ. Cochran, 19,
of McCall, was thrown from his bicycle
from the impact. Cochran was treated at
McCall Memorial Hospital andreleased.
Cochran told police he was tempo-
rarily blinded by the headlights of an
oncoming vehicle when his bicycle col-
lided with Lord.No charges will be filed
against Cochran, McCall City Attorney
Ted Burton said. "It was just an acci-
dent," Burton said.
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Valley County accident rates are
high amongst state's larger counties
BOISE — Valley County had the third highest rate of fatality and
injury accidents in the state in 1994 among the 34 counties in the state
with populations of 5,000 or more.
Valley County had a rate of 12.1 fatality and injury accidents per
1,000 residents during the year, according to Idaho Transportation
Department figures released last week.
That placed the county third behind Benewah County, which had
a rating of 13.4, and Jerome County, which had a rate of 13.2.
Adams County, which is in the smallest category of counties, under
5,000, of which there are 10 counties, had a rating of 12.4. Other coun-
ties under 5,000 had rates as high as 27.5, but one serious accident
could swing those numbers dramatically.
iThe statistics released also include the the number of alcohol- relat-
cidents per 1,000 population. Valley County's rating in that area
?.8, second highest among the 34 larger counties.
-newah County again led that statistic with a rating of 3.4 acci-
Adams County's rating in that statistic was 2.6 alchol- related
lents per 1,000 population.
n the plus side, compliance with the state's new seatbelt law has
oved by 17.8 percent from 1993 to 1994 for Valley County.
pliance in 1994 was 77.4 percent.
Jams County's compliance improved even more, by 38.3 percent
1993. Compliance in 1994 was 73.6 percent.
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The Star-News
A car driven by a Cottonwood
man slammed into the Anderson Oil
gas station in New Meadows Mon-
day, sending the driver and three men
in the store to the hospital.
Joseph Arnzen, 63, was driving a
1996 Chrysler south on U.S. 95 at an
estimated 50 miles per hour when he
missed the corner turning toward
McCall on Idaho 55, according to
Cpl. Jim Eavenson of the Idaho State
Patrol.
Arnzen's car struck the northwest
corner of the building about 12:25
p.m., crashing through it, and hitting
store manager Tim Fausett, then
breaking through a cinder block wall
at the rear of the store. The car de-
stroyed the store's interior and injured
three New Meadows men who were
inside.
All four men were taken to McCall
Memorial Hospital. Arnzen was
treated and released on Monday with
minor injuries.
Fausett suffered a broken leg, an
iajured,ankle, and a fractured toe.
Jim Yoakum received two fractured
ribs, a fractured toe, and various cuts
and scrapes. They were listed in stable
condition Tuesday night, and were
expected to be released soon, accord-
ing to a hospital spokesman.
Monte Matthews was treated for a
minor eye injury and released on
Monday.
Matthews said he and Yoakum
had stopped by the store to pick up
auto parts, and were talking to Fausett
just prior to the accident. Fausett saw
the car coming, and warned the oth-
ers.
"I saw him coming and said,
`We've got to get out of here, he isn't
going to make the corner,' " Fausett
The three men rushed toward the
.ck door with Matthews in the lead,
tiled by Yoakum and Fausett. As
atthews opened the door, the car
me through the building.
"It just blew us out the door,"
atthews said of he and Yoakum.
Fausett was thrown on top of the
r, carried through the store, then
lned by his leg between the car's
mper and the back wall, Fausett
"It happened so fast; he picked me
t and I rode on the hood of the car to
it of the back of the building,"
iusett said.
Despite his injuries, Fausett is con -
lent he will recover from the
cident. "I'm going to make it," he
id. "I feel pretty terrible, but I feel
-ky to be alive."
The car was destroyed in the
-eck. As it entered the building, it
ped out the front counter and
c)ved many items through the back
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Officers examine the damage after a car smashed through Anderson Oil in New Meadows Monday.
wall of the store, creating a jumbled
pile of cinder blocks and snack food
in the back of the building.
"It just destroyed the inside of the
store; it's a mess," Fausett said.
Eavenson reported that Arnzen
claimed to be traveling at about 20
miles per hour when another car
splashed water on his windshield,
impairing his vision.
Arnzen was cited for reckless driv-
ing and carrying a concealed weapon
in his vehicle, both misdemeanors,
Eavenson said.
There were no estimates as to the
cost of damages to the store, but it
will be rebuilt, according to owner
Bud Anderson of Pine Ridge.
"It was tragic. It's a wonder people
didn't get killed," Anderson said. "I'm
kind of in awe right now."
Eavenson commended the fast re-
sponse of the local volunteer
emergency personnel who responded
to the accident and helped remove
and treat the injured men. "I think
everybody did a real good job," he
said.
Meadows Valley Ambulance Ser-
vice President Darlene Loper was
amazed the injuries were not more
serious.
"Miracles are what this season is
about, and that's the only thing that
describes the outcome in this situa-
tion, because this could have been a
real tragedy," Loper said.
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Car backs into McCall Drug
This car, owned by Luanna
Phelps, 32, of McCall, crashed
through the south doors of McCall
Drug last Thursday afternoon.
Phelps parked in the store's lot
without setting the car's emer-
gency brake or putting the car in
gear, McCall Police Officer Lance
Rogers said. Phelps was inside the
store shopping when the car slowly
rolled back, breaking the store's
glass doors. No damage estimate
was reported and no citations were
issued.
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the time of the accident.
The logging truck, owned by
Ikola Logging Inc. of McCall and
driven by Leonard Wallace, 55, of
New Meadows, was southbound.
The truck had just turned the corner
when the tongue connecting the log-
ging tractor with the trailer either
cracked or broke, an Idaho State
Police report said.
The break caused the fully loaded
trailer to roll to its left and fall onto
Wiley's vehicle. Logs also fell onto a
second vehicle, a 1986 Jeep Wagoneer,
parked just south of Hotel McCall.
The jeep, owned by Carrie
McMahan, 39, of McCall, was de-
stroyed, but McMahan and her
12 -year -old daughter, Antonia, who
had been sitting in the vehicle, were
not injured.
McMahan was sitting in the
driver's seat, waiting for her 17-
year -old son to return from a store
across Third Street, when logs con-
tained on the trailer started rolling
onto her vehicle. Her daughter was
"They (the logs) all started coming toward us. My daughter crawled out the
window and I crawled out over the shifting lever to get out. " —Carrie McMahan
sitting in the back seat.
"They (the logs) all started com-
ing toward us;" McMahan said. "My
daughter crawled out the window
and I crawled out over the shifting
lever to get out."
McMahan said she didn't realize
until after she escaped the vehicle
that logs had crushed the pickup
between her and the logging truck.
"We're very fortunate . . . "
McMahan said, her voice trailing
off during a telephone interview af-
ter the accident.
Rescue personnel arriving at the
scene determined immediately that
Wiley had been killed instantly af-
ter logs rolled onto his pickup,
McCall Fire Chief Dale Points said.
"We were able to reach in the
vehicle and feel for a pulse, but there
was nothing," Points said.
Wallace was treated and released
for shock at McCall Memorial Hos-
pital. He was not cited.
Personnel from the McCall Fire
Protection Agency, the McCall Am-
bulance Service,, the Donnelly
Volunteer Fire Department, McCall
Police Department, the Valley
County Sheriffs Office and Idaho
State Police worked more than four
hours to control traffic and clear the
scene. They were assisted by a log
loader, front -end loader and equip-
ment from ABT Towing.
"Our number one priority was to
see no one else injured while we were
picking up the logs," Points said.
The cables containing the logs
on the trailer had not broken even
after the trailer overturned, Points
said. Workers had to be careful in
taking logs off the load one at a time.
"We depended heavily on the
expertise of all the logging person-
nel we had there," Points said. A
half dozen different companies from
around the area assisted at the scene.
ISP Cpl. Mitch Ruska praised the
professional conduct of those from
agencies, private companies and
relatives of the victim.
Traffic was rerouted around the
accident for almost four hours,
McCall police officer Mike Babbitt
said. Points said the biggest prob-
lem rescue personnel faced was
crowd control, as more than 100
curious onlookers gathered at the
accident, which happened at
McCall's main intersection.
"We couldn't keep people back,
they just wanted to get closer and
closer," Points said. "That didn't
help us at all."
Trah
accic
rate
in Valley
BY JEANNE SEOL
The Star -News
More motorists are injured or
killed in traffic accidents while driv-
ing in Valley County than in any
other comparably populated county
in the state, Idaho Transportation
Department statistics reveal.
In 1995, Valley County reported
three fatal traffic accidents and 95
injury accidents. Those statistics rank
higher than any of the other nine
Idaho counties with populations be-
tween 5,000 and 10,000 people.
The overall number of traffic ac-
cidents in Valley County has also
increased 30 percent since one year
ago, reports show. In 1995, 251 total
accidents were reported, compared
to 192 accidents in 1994 and 191
accidents in 1993.
Valley County Sheriff Lewis Pratt
said more accidents occur in this
area because more tourists use the
county's backcountry single -lane dirt
roads as a destination spot for recre-
ation.
"A lot of people are driving too
fast on these roads," Pratt said. "Blind
turns and narrow roadways combined
with speeding motorists result in col-
lisions."
Pratt also blamed budget short-
falls for the high number of acci-
dents. "We don't have enough money
to do an adequate job of patrolling to
keep the speeds on those roads
down," he said.
Comparably in Adams County,
the total number of accidents de-
creased by 21 percent from 1994 and
by 7 percent from 1993.
Eighty -five accidents were re-
ported in 1995 in Adams County,
compared to 103 accidents in 1994
and 92 accidents in 1993. Adams
County also had the third lowest rate
of injuries and fatalities when com-
pared to counties with populations
of up to 5,000 people.
In McCall, a total of 66 accidents
were reported during 1995, a 33 per-
cent increase from 44 accidents in
1994.
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Boise Police Department officers Dan Grouthous and Gary
Compton play "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes at Legacy Park.
in McCall while marine deputies in patrol boats. seen in the
background, place a wreath in memory of Art WileN !w
hayette Lake. i lev,,i
Star -News photo by Jeanne Seol
at the McCall Nazarene Church and at Legacy Park for Wiley,
46, of McCall. Wiley.. a Valley County marine deputy, was
killed June 18 after logs from a tipping logging truck trailer
pinned him i inside his pickup at the corner of Third and Take
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Boise teen killed in rollover
accident on Mountain Road
An 18- year -old Boise man was
killed early Thursday when his
truck rolled over near Donnelly.
Idaho State Police said Mi-
chael Riley was driving his
truck on Mountain Road when
the vehicle went off the road on
the right, he overcorrected, and
then it went off the left -hand
side and rolled.
No other vehicles were in-
volved in the accident.
Riley was thrown from the
pickup and was pronounced
dead at the scene. Alcohol was
not a factor and Riley was not
using a seat belt, investigators
Said_
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ISP investigation puts blame for
accident on Deputy Porter
CASCADE — While the anti -lock braking system in his patrol
vehicle was likely a factor in the crash three weeks ago of Valley
County Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Porter, resulting in the destruc-
tion of his 1996 Ford Explorer patrol vehicle, those brakes weren't
the cause, according to Idaho State Police Cpl. Jim Eavenson,
who investigated the accident.
Eavenson said Monday that, as is the case with most one -vehi-
cle accidents, "There's no one else to blame but the driver. That
would apply if it was any citizen or whomever, you have a one
vehicle rollover, and there's no one else to blame."
He said an earlier report quoting Valley County Sheriff Lewis
Pratt as saying that the accident was likely the fault of the ABS
brakes in the vehicle, was probably a misunderstanding resulting
from a conversation he had with Pratt.
Eavenson, an accident reconstruction specialist with ISP, said
ABS braking systems were designed to allow a driver to main-
tain steerability of a vehicle while stomping on the brakes.
But, he said that what can happen when heavily applying the
brakes while attempting an evasive maneuver, which Porter was
doing to avoid colliding with the vehicle of a suspected drunk dri-
ver he was pursuing, is that there isn't enough traction to go around.
That is an overly simplified explanation of the situation, but
Eavenson said there is only so much traction that a vehicle has.
When some of it must be used for steering, the amount available
for braking is reduced, thus making for longer stopping distances.
"The cause of this wreck was not the ABS brakes, the cause
of this wreck was the officer was going too fast," Eavenson said.
"Dennis and I are friends, but the officer was going too fast when
he approached that intersection."
Eavenson said there is some training that needs to go along
with ABS brakes on vehicles used by offi-
cers in pursuit situations, as there are dif-
ferences between the new brakes and the
old, where one could mash on the brakes,
but in doing so, lose control of the vehicle.
When steering is lost with the old brakes,
momentum takes over and a vehicle will
simply skid in the direction it's been trav-
eling, even if the wheels are turned anoth-
er way.
He said he hopes to conduct a training
session soon for VCSO deputies on use of
ABS brakes. The training is intended to
keep such an incident from happening again,.
he said.
In his report to Valley County Prosecuting
Attorney Robert Williams, Eavenson rec-
ommends no action be taken against Porter.
And Valley County Sheriff Lewis Pratt said
he had no plans to take any disciplinary
action against Porter.
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ISP investigation puts blame for
accident on Deputy Porter
CASCADE — While the anti -lock braking system in his patrol
vehicle was likely a factor in the crash three weeks ago of Valley
County Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Porter, resulting in the destruc-
tion of his 1996 Ford Explorer patrol vehicle, those brakes weren't
the cause, according to Idaho State Police Cpl. Jim Eavenson,
who investigated the accident.
Eavenson said Monday that, as is the case with most one -vehi-
cle accidents, "There's no one else to blame but the driver. That
would apply if it was any citizen or whomever, you have a one
vehicle rollover, and there's no one else to blame."
He said an earlier report quoting Valley County Sheriff Lewis
Pratt as saying that the accident was likely the fault of the ABS
brakes in the vehicle, was probably a misunderstanding resulting
from a conversation he had with Pratt.
Eavenson, an accident reconstruction specialist with ISP, said
ABS braking systems were designed to allow a driver to main-
tain steerability of a vehicle while stomping on the brakes.
But, he said that what can happen when heavily applying the
brakes while attempting an evasive maneuver, which Porter was
doing to avoid colliding with the vehicle of a suspected drunk dri-
ver he was pursuing, is that there isn't enough traction to go around.
That is an overly simplified explanation of the situation, but
Eavenson said there is only so much traction that a vehicle has.
When some of it must be used for steering, the amount available
for braking is reduced, thus making for longer stopping distances.
"The cause of this wreck was not the ABS brakes, the cause
of this wreck was the officer was going too fast," Eavenson said.
"Dennis and I are friends, but the officer was going too fast when
he approached that intersection."
Eavenson said there is some training that needs to go along
with ABS brakes on vehicles used by offi-
cers in pursuit situations, as there are dif-
ferences between the new brakes and the
old, where one could mash on the brakes,
but in doing so, lose control of the vehicle.
When steering is lost with the old brakes,
momentum takes over and a vehicle will
simply skid in the direction it's been trav-
eling, even if the wheels are turned anoth-
er way.
He said he hopes to conduct a training
session soon for VCSO deputies on use of
ABS brakes. The training is intended to
keep such an incident from happening again,
he said.
In his report to Valley County Prosecuting
Attorney Robert Williams, Eavenson rec-
ommends no action be taken against Porter.
And Valley County Sheriff Lewis Pratt said
he had no plans to take any disciplinary
action against Porter.
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McCall girl
hurt when
auto hits her
A six- year -old girl suffered
scrapes and bruises but escaped se-
rious injury last week when she was
struck by a pickup while walking on
Railroad Avenue.
. Amber Graves of McCall was
crossing Railroad Avenue at about
5:26 p.m. last Thursday when she
was struck by a 1986 Ford pickup
driven by Martin Broom, 37, of
Horseshoe Bend, a McCall police
report said.
Graves was hit by the pickup's
bumper and pushed about 13 feet,
Chief Ed Parker said. She was trans-
ported to McCall Memorial Hospi-
tal and kept for observation over-
night, but escaped serious injury, a
hospital spokesperson said.
Broom was charged with one
felony count of driving under the
influence of alcohol and two counts
of transporting alcohol. He is being
held on $200,000 bond idthe Valley
County Jail and will appear at a
preliminary hearing on Oct. 18, court
officials said.
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Dixon pleads
in auto deatl
A New Meadows man charged
with causing the October death of a
Moscow'family pleaded not guilty to
three felony counts of vehicular man-
slaughter on Monday at the Adams
County Courthouse in Council.
Douglas Dixon, 36, also pleaded
not guilty to one felony count of leav-
ing the scene of an accident. A three -
day jury trial has been set to start for
Dixon on May 27, 1997, at 10 a.m. at
the courthouse in Council.
Dixon is charged with causing the
deaths of Dennis Barnett, 21, for-
merly of New Meadows; his wife,
Kristina Barnett, 20; and the couple's
seven -month old son, Justin Barnett,
by "driving under the influence of
alcohol and striking the (Barnett) ve-
hicle," court records show.
not guilty
[is of family
On Oct. 6 at 9:04 p.m., the Barnetts
were driving south on U.S. 95 four
miles north of New Meadows when
they were hit broadside by a vehicle
driven by Dixon.
Dixon was driving west on Zim's
Road and did not stop at the intersec-
tion with U.S. 95, police said. His
1995 Chevrolet pickup collided with
the Barnett 's 1985 Celebrity station
wagon and pushed it off the highway,
through a fence and into a pasture.
All three members of the Barnett
family were pronounced dead at the
scene. Dixon was not injured and was
arrested a short time later at a nearby
residence after he left the scene, po-
lice said.
He is currently free on $100,000
bond.
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A bull bash job
Cascade Police Chief Chris Hall examines the estimated $2,500 damage done to one of the
police department's pickup trucks last Friday night by a wide- ranging range bull. The bull,
a Solare breed, had threatened several motorists by charging their vehicles on the Old State
Highway in Cascade, and on the ridge east of the Cascade Golf Course. With the permis-
sion of the bull's owner to kill the bull, Cascade officers attempted to corner the bull in the
Bureau of Reclamation yard Friday night. But it had other ideas and escaped by climbing
over the pickup, breaking the windshield, ripping out the grill and damaging the front end
and roof. The bull is still at large and is apparently in the West Mountain area. Anyone see-
ing the bull should exercise caution and contact the Cascade Police Department or Valley
County Sheriff's Department.
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Star -News Photo by Tom Grote
McCall wreck injures three teens
Rescue workers attend to three McCall teen -agers
who were injured last week in an accident near the
McCall Smokejumper Base on Mission Street. The
three were taken by ambulance to McCall Memorial
Hospital on April 23 after the pickup they were
riding in rolled over. Richard Millington, 17, was
driving south on Mission Street in the 1986 Ford
pickup when he veered off the road into the gravel
pit across from the smokejumper base, hit a pool of
standing water and then rolled twice. The truck landed
upside down on its cab, a McCall Police Department
report said. The boys escaped the vehicle through the
rear sliding window, and neither Millington nor his two
passengers, Adam Mathias, 16, and Brad Beckwith, 17,
were seriously injured. No citations were issued in the
incident.
Dixon pleads guilty
in auto deaths of 3
A New Meadows man scheduled
to go on trial this week for the vehicu-
lar manslaughter of a Moscow family
has instead pleaded guilty to the
charges and will be sentenced in Au-
gust.
Douglas Dixon, 36, pleaded guilty
to three felony counts of vehicular
manslaughter on Tuesday at the
Adams County Courthouse in Coun-
cil. He will be sentenced on Aug. 5 at
10 a.m. before Third District Court
Judge Dennis Goff in Council.
Dixon pleaded guilty to causing
the deaths of Dennis Barnett, 21, for-
merly of New Meadows, his wife,
Kristina Barnett, 20, and the couple's
seven -month old son, Justin'Barnett,
by "driving under the influence of
alcohol and striking the (Barnett) ve-
hicle," a court clerk said.
Dixon can receive a maximum sen-
tence of up to 10 years in prison and
$10,000 fine for each count of ve-
hicular manslaughter. He can also be
ordered to pay a $5,000 civil penalty
and may be required to pay restitution
to the victims' families. Adams
County Prosecuting Attorney Chuck
Kroll has not yet recommended any
sentence, a clerk said on Tuesday.
On Oct. 6, 1996, at 9:04 p.m., the
Barnetts were driving south on U.S.
95 four miles north of New Meadows
when they were hit broadside by a
vehicle driven by Dixon.
Dixon was traveling west on Zim's
Road and did not stop at the intersec-
tion with U.S. 95, police said.
Dixon's 1995 Chevrolet pickup
collided with the Barnetts' 1985 Ce-
lebrity station wagon and pushed it
off the highway, through a fence and
into a pasture.
All three members of the Barnett
family were pronounced dead at the
scene. Dixon was not injured and was
arrested a short time later at a nearby
residence after he left the scene, po-
lice said.
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THE STAR -NEWS - THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997
U.S. 95 wreck injures
two
Star -News Photo by Roger Phillips
Summer Stockett, 18, of Kuna and an unidentified traveled 350 feet and then hit a ditch and rolled twice,
passenger suffered minor injuries after rolling this Idaho State Police said. Both were transported to McCall
vehicle north of New Meadows on U.S. 95 at 11:15 Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and re-
a.m. last Friday. Stockett fell asleep at the wheel, leased.
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Donnelly Man dies
when hit by car,
driver leaves scene
BY JEANNE SEOL
The Star -News
A Donnelly man was killed early
Monday, the apparent victim of a hit -
and -run accident, according to the
Valley County Sheriff's Department.
John A. Driscoll, 41, was found
dead at 1:36 a.m. Monday on East
Roseberry Road in Donnelly after he
was struck by a car, Sheriff Tommy
Rhea said. Troy D. Storck, 23, of
Donnelly, has been charged in the
incident.
Driscoll died at the scene from
head injuries, said Karen Heikkila,
acting coroner in the absence of her
husband, Valley County Coroner
Mary Heikkila, who was attending a
convention in Colorado Springs.
According to a court complaint,
Storck was driving on East Roseberry
Road within the Donnelly city limits
when he struck Driscoll with his 1984
Dodge Daytona and then fled the
scene.
Storck has been charged with com-
mitting felony vehicularmanslaughter
by "driving his motor vehicle under
the influence of alcohol and/ordrugs,"
according to the court complaint.
Storck has also been charged with
one felony count of leaving the scene
of an injury accident. He was arraigned
on Monday and is being held in the
Valley County Jail on $100,000 bond,
Valley County Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney William Harrigfeld said.
A preliminary hearing for Storck
is scheduled for Monday at 3:30 p.m.
at the Valley County Courthouse in
Cascade.
Details of the incident were not
released by the sheriff's department,
and Rhea decli. _6 to comment fur-
ther on twe investigation. , .
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Cascade girl
feared dead
An eight -year old Cascade girl
is still missing since Saturday af-
ternoon after her family's vehicle
rolled over a 75 -foot embankment
into the Salmon River near Carey
Creek, a release from the Idaho
County Sheriff's Office said.
Emily Guarino was thrown into
the river, but her father, George,
and two siblings escaped the ve-
hicle, the release said. The rollover
occurred on the Salmon River Road
about 22.5 miles east of Riggins
A search is being conducted by
the Idaho County sheriff's depu-
ties and posse members, the Salmon
River Dive Team, and family and
friends of the Guarinos.
Woman sentenced in U.S. 95 deaths
A Spokane, Wash., woman will and attend a defensive driving
spend two weeks in fail and pay a
$4,000 fine for the July 20 vehicu-
lar manslaughter of a Lewiston
couple south of Riggins.
Diane Prescott, 36, was sen-
tenced on Oct. 27 in the Adams
County Courthouse in Council.
Third District Judge James Peart
sentenced Prescott to two years in
prison, but suspended all but two
weeks of that sentence. Instead, he
placed Prescott on four years pro-
bation and suspended her driver's
license for four years.
Prescott was also ordered to pay
an undetermined amount of restitu-
tion to the victims' family, perform
400 hours of community service
course.
On July 20, Prescott was driving
south on U.S. 95 about 13 miles
south of Riggins when she at-
tempted to pass asemi -truck in a
no- passing zone, according to an
Idaho State Police report.
Prescott collided head on with a
motorcycle driving north. Both mo-
torcycle passengers; Richard W.
Gibbar, 47, and his wife, Connie E.
Gibbar, 46, were ,killed instantly,
the report said.
Prescott survived the accident
and was charged four days later
with two counts of vehicular man-
slaughter, an Adams County court
clerk said.
Bod y - of Cascade 8-year-old
y
recovered from the Salmon River
The body of Emily Guarino, a Cascade 8- year -old
who disappeared into the waters of the Salmon River
following an automobile accident Nov. 1 about 22.5
miles east of Riggins, was recovered Monday morning
by Idaho County authorities.
. It had been almost six months to the day since the
accident, in which an older sister, a younger brother,
and her father escaped from their mini -van, which had
rolled down a 75 -foot high embankment into the swirling
river.
The accident took place near Carrey Creek, and
Emily's body was recovered several miles downstream
at the Manning Crevice Bridge.
The Cascade Elementary School third grader was
thrown from the vehicle as it rolled. Her younger broth-
er Christopher kicked free of the vehicle and rescued
himself. Her father George got
her older sister Jenny free and got
her to shore, but his attempts to
then locate Emily were unsuc-
cessful.
What followed was a week-
long search by Idaho County
Sheriff's Department and Search
and Rescue officials, along with
a large contingent of family and
friends from Valley County and
other parts of the state.
Also involved were rescue dive
teams from Kooskia and the
McCall Volunteer Fire Department,
and Idaho Mountain Search and
Rescue. Several family members
and friends continued searching
periodically for some time after
the suspension of formal search
activities by Idaho County author-
ities.
Officials said that the rapid
changing of water levels in the
river, associated with the spring
run -off, apparently caused Emily's
body to become dislodged and to
float downstream.
Emily's mother Annie said
Tuesday she wanted to thank all
those who looked so long and hard
for her daughter.
Her body will be cremated and
inurnment services for the fami-
ly only will be held later this week
at a date and time yet to be set.
The family asks that in lieu of
flowers, or anything else, contri-
butions be made to a scholarship
fund that has been established at
the Valley Community Credit
Union in Cascade in Emily's honor.
This year, a $1,000 scholarship
will be awarded to a student with
an interest in the performing arts
or journalism.
Man charged
after rollover
A McCall man is facing an array
of charges after rolling his vehicle
on Samson Trail last Friday.
At 11:30 p.m., Michael Jackson,
44, was driving south on Samson
Trail when he lost control of his
vehicle on snowy roads and rolled
into the ditch, McCall Det. Jim
Kangas said.
Two 13- year -old female passen-
gers in the vehicle were injured
and taken to McCall Memorial
Hospital, where they were treated
for cuts and bruises, Kangas said.
Jackson, who was not injured,
was charged with driving under
the influence of alcohol or drugs,
possession of a controlled sub-
stance and two felony counts of
injury to a child.
Police responded to the accident
after one of the passengers walked
to Shaver's supermarket on Dein-
hard Lane and called 9 -1 -1, Kangas
said. Jackson was taking the girls
home after going to a movie in
McCall, police reports said.
Jackson was arraigned on Mon-
day and is being held on $15,000
bond.
Dennis Ray Dixon
Dennis Ray Dixon, 48, a promi-
nent local veterinarian, died Friday
night, Jan. 14, 2000, following an
automobile accident near Riggins.
Funeral services will be held at
1 p.m. Wednes-
day, Jan. 19, at
Valley Shep-
herd Church of
the Nazarene, r
831 E. 1 st,
Meridian. Pas-
tor Bill Hays of "
the Meridian f
United Method-
ist Church and
Pastor Dave
Cox will preside. Additional parking
will be at the Chapel of the Chimes,
corner of East 1st and Carlton
Avenue.
Dennis was born Jan. 24, 1951,
at Idaho Falls, to Dean and Bonnie
Dixon. He attended Idaho Falls
schools, graduating from Skyline
High School in 1969, then attended
the University of Idaho, graduating
with a bachelor's degree in animal
biology. He earned his master's
degree from Washington State Uni-
versity at Pullman, Wash. He then
attended veterinarian school at
WSU and received his doctorate of
veterinarian medicine, cum laude,
in 1981.
Dennis and Christine Anne
Feeney of Lewiston, Idaho, were
married in August 1971. After grad-
uation they moved to Meridian to
begin his veterinarian practice, and
later purchased the Meridian Veter-
inary Clinic.
Ufa fe-
Dennis was a past board mem-
ber of the State Board of Veterinary
Examiners and also served as a
member of the Idaho State Board
of Veterinary Medicine. He was the
class representative for his veteri-
narian class. He was very active in
the Birds of Prey Foundation and
The Animals in Distress in Boise.
He frequently volunteered at local
schools and 4 -H groups to talk
about animals and veterinary medi-
cine, and was a co -owner and
board member of the Animal Emer-
gency Clinic.
He was a member of the Merid-
ian United Methodist Church, and
Meridian Chamber of Commerce.
Dennis was a loving husband,
father, son, brother and friend.
Everyone whose lives he touched
will miss him.
Survivors include his wife, Chris
and their two daughters, Ashley
Anne (17) and Anne Mackenzie
(13), all of Meridian; parents, Dean
and Bonnie Dixon of Idaho Falls;
three brothers and two sisters -in-
law, Bob Dixon of Hillsborough,
Calif., and Ryan and Annick Dixon
and Jim and Penny Dixon; a sister
and brother -in -law, Karen and Alan
Hoskins of Idaho Falls; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations to The Animals
in Distress, P.O. Box 3375, Boise
83703 -0375.
Friends may call today from 4 to
8 p.m. at the Chapel of the Chimes.
The family will not be present at the
visitation.
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Four juveniles qured
in rollover near Cascade
Police say alcohol
involved; 7-year-old,
3 teens were in car
By Jeffrey Mckinnie
The Idaho Statesman
Four juveniles were injured in an al-
cohol- related accident near Cascade
early Friday morning, Idaho State Po-
lice said.
A sport utility vehicle, traveling at a
high rate of speed and carrying two
15- year -old boys, a 17- year -old girl
and a 7- year -old girl, rolled over twice
before ejecting all four occupants on
Cabbarton Road 4 miles south of Cas-
cade, police said.
Police are still trying to determine
who was driving.
A passerby helped the 7- year -old
victim pinned beneath the Suzuki
Samurai and transported her to near-
by Cascade Hospital.
All four victims, #ncluding a 15-
year -old boy who also was pinned be-
neath the vehicle, were life- flighted to
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical
Center in Boise
The 7 -year -old and one 15- year -old
are listed in critical condition. The oth-
er 15- year -old is listed in serious con-
dition. The 17- year -old was treated
and released.
After interviewing the victims, ISP
investigators arrested 24- year -old
Chuckaya Mount of Donnelly on sus-
picion of furnishing alcohol to minors.
An ISP spokesman said Mount was
also wanted on an outstanding felony
warrant. Charges against Mount are
pending.
None of the occupants were wear-
ing seat belts-The accident still is un-
der investigation.
faces a felony warrant out of
Nevada.
Charges likely against
driver in rollover that
killed 7-year-old
CASCADE — Valley County
prosecutors may press charges
against the driver of a vehicle
that rolled, causing fatal injuries
to a 7- year -old girl.
The rollover happened Fri-
day evening on Cabarton Road
in Cascade after some minors
were drinking and driving. The
older juveniles were baby -sit-
ting the 7- year -old.
Chuckaya Joseph Mount, 25,
already has been charged with
procuring alcohol for juveniles,
two counts of delivery of mari-
juana and one felony count of
possession of marijuana. He is
being held in the Valley County
Jail on $150,000 bond. He also
2 wrecks Tuesday morning on ID 55 injure 2 men
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
Two wrecks on Idaho 55 in
.0 southern Valley County Tuesday
orning injured two men, Valley
V_ ounty Sheriff's Office Lt. Dan
Smith said.
James Thomas Bates, 31, of
McCall was injured in a one -
vehicle accident near Cougar
Mountain campground on Idaho
55.
Bates fell asleep while driving
his Nissan Xterra southbound
about 8:30 a.m., Smith said. The
vehicle rolled several times be-
fore coming to a stop upright off
the right side of the roadway
The call came into Valley
County dispatchers from OnStar,
an on -board system that can alert
authorities of an accident.
But the report from OnStar
put the accident 11 miles north
of where it actually occurred,
Smith said.
Idaho State Police, Cascade
Rural Fire & EMS and Valley
County Sheriff's deputies contin-
ued driving south on the highway
until the accident was located.
Bates was taken by ambulance
to Cascade Medical Center and
then to McCall Memorial Hos-
pital, where he was treated and
released.
In the second accident, James
Selke, 36, of Osburn was north-
bound on Idaho 55 about three
miles north of the Valley County
line when he veered to miss an
oncoming vehicle in his lane,
about 10:33 a.m.
I
Osburn's Nissan Pathfinder
hit a guardrail.
The driver of the vehicle that
was in his lane did not stop and
has not been located by authori-
ties.
Selke was initially trans-
ported to Cascade Medical Center
complaining of back and neck
injuries. He was then transported
by helicopter to St. Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center in Boise,
where he was treated and re-
leased.
One lane of traffic on Idaho 55
was blocked for short periods of
time after each accident, Smith
said.
RIVER RESCUE
Stacey Martell, 35, of Meridian waits
on top of her car in the middle of
the North Fork of the Payette River
on Sunday for rescuers to bring her
to shore. Martell lost control of her
1999 Ford Explorer about 12:07 p.m.
on Idaho 55 about four miles south
of Smiths Ferry. The car rolled down
an embankment and came to rest in
the middle of the river, according
to Idaho State Police. Martell was
able to climb out of the car and
waited for an hour before she could
be rescued. Emergency crews from
the Cascade Fire Department used
a long ladder on which she climbed
to safety. Martell was treated and
released at the scene.
Photo by Mark Wright, Idaho State Police
Photo by Mark Wright, Idaho State Police
WEST MOUNTAIN ROLLOVER - Rescuers from McCall Fire
and EMS come to the aid of James Sumpter, 40, of Marsing, who
rolled his pickup about 1:07 pm. Monday on West Mountain
Road about one mile south of McCall. Sumpter lost control of
his 1990 Ford and slid off the road, rolling the truck onto its
top. Sumpter, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken by
ambulance to St. Luke's McCall, where he was treated and
released. West Mountain Road was reduced to one lane for about
one hour. Assisting Sumpter are, Anna Martin, inside the truck;
Chief Andrew Lemberes, standing right; Capt. Jeremy Olson,
standing left; and kneeling, Jake Class, left, and Nick Caple.
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Moscow couple dies in car-
bus wreck near Little Ski Hill
Star -News Photo by Michael Wells
Rescuers work to free one of the victims of Wednesday morning's wreck near the Little Ski Hill west of McCall that killed two people.
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
A Moscow couple was killed
Wednesday morning in a two - vehicle
accident about three miles north of
McCall on Idaho 55 near the Little Ski
Hill, Idaho State Police Trooper Mike
Sherbondy said.
Carol Martin, 67, and Don Martin,
75, both of Moscow, were killed Wien
Carol, who was drivinga 2007 Chevro-
let Cobalt, drifted into the southbound
lane.
The car struck a 2009 Ford bus,
operated by Treasure Valley Transit
between Riggins and McCall, driven
by Jeanette Dames, 57, of Pollock,
Sherbondy said.
Carol Martin died atthe scene of the
accident. Don Martin was flown to St.
Alphonsus Regional Medical Centerby
air ambulance where he later died.
Dames was taken to St. Luke's
McCall where she was treated and
released. A lone passenger in the bus
was also taken to St. Luke's McCall
with unknown injuries. The passenger
was not identified.
Ambulances from McCall, Don-
nelly and Meadows Valley responded
to the scene along with Adams County
sheriff deputies and McCall firefight-
ers.
Two M ccks bill man. injure teen
Oregon man dies in car wreck near New Meadows
An Oregon man died in a Boise hospital on Tuesday, one day after being involved in a two- vehicle
accident on Idaho 55 near New Meadows_
Carl Knox, 78, of Tigard, Ore., died at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, where he
taken with injuries he suffered in the crash Monday at 7:30 p.m. south of New Meadows.
Knox attempted to make a U -tum by pulling into a driveway when his minivan was struck on the
driver's side by a truck driven by Nicholas Mooring, 26, of Rathdrum, Idaho State Trooper Mike
Sherbondy said.
Knox and his wife, Flora Knox, 74, of Tigard, and Mooring were all taken to St. Luke's McCall.
Mooring and Flora Knox were treated and released, while Carl Knox was transported by air ambulance
to St. Alphonsus, Sherbondy said.
(Donnelly woman hurt in Idaho 55 rollover
A Donnelly woman had to be extricated from her vehicle after a single - vehicle rollover accident
occurred on Idaho 55 south of Lake Fork on Monday, Valley County Sheriffs Office spokesperson Lt.
Dan Smith,
Morgan Bailey, 18, had injuries to her face and a possible broken collar bone, Smith said.
Investigators believe the accident was caused by a tire blowing out on Bailey's 1997 Ford Explorer
about 4 p.m_ Monday.
The left rear tire blew out and she lost control of the car, which hit an embankment and rolled over
once, Smith said.
Bailey was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's McCall, where she was listed in fair cnneiifinn r..,. a ..
afternoon.
Two injured in two -car wreck on Idaho 56
A Donnelly man and a Meridian man were taken to a Boise hospital after a wreck four miles north of
Horseshoe Bend Saturday night at about 10:18, Idaho State Police Sgt. Sam Ketchum said.
Brice Chism, 36, of Donnelly was northbound when he drove off the right shoulder, over - corrected and
drove into oncoming traffic, Ketchum said. Chism collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Preston
Reynolds, 31, of Meridian.
Reynolds was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. Reynolds had serious injuries
from the crash and Chism's injuries were unknown, Ketchum said.
Police believe alcohol was a factor in the accident. The highway was blocked for three hours. Traffic
was allowed through the accident scene in an open lane by flaggers.
ru - _ - --
NOT SANTA'S SLEIGH - A helicopter from Salm naRiverner
Helicopters in Riggins lifts a pickup owned by Jerry Frisch
of Cascade out of the icy waters of Lake Cascade on Tuesday
afternoon. Frisch had finished an ice - fishing excursion about
3 p.m. on Christmas Day and was in the pickup when the
nose plunged through the ice and into about 10 feet of water.
Frisch managed to get out of the water safely, but rescuers
from Cascade Fire and EMS decided the helicopter was the
only way to take the pickup to shore, where it was placed on
a wrecker. Frisch will pay for the cost of the recovery.
- ■- o%.tirr, "Ar,k:n - IWO Utah men walked away
after crashing their 1997 GMC Jimmy on Idaho 55 on
the Little Goose Creek Grade between McCall and New
Meadows. The accident happened about 1:30 p.m. Monday,
and the southbound lane was blocked for about one hour.
The driver, Kevin Nebeker, 20, of Salt Lake City, was cited
for speeding. Eli Doumit, 21, of Layton, Utah, was the
passenger.
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McCall women killed in Washington wreck
A 60- year -old McCall woman was killed in a collision with a tractor - trailer about eight miles west of
Pomeroy, Wash., last Thursday afternoon.
Cathy Barton was driving eastbound on U.S. 12 at about 3:25 p.m. when the westbound tractor - trailer
lost control on the snow - covered roadway while navigating a curve.
The trailer jackknifed into the roadway and struck Barton's 2007 Jeep Liberty, said Washington State
Patrol Lt. Terry Liebrecht.
The driver of the tractor - trailer, 60- year -old Dwayne Emerson of Puyallup, Wash., was uninjured.
The cause of the accident was listed as speed too fast for conditions.
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Former Valley commissioner Koskella, wife, die in wreck
Former Valley County Commissioner Howard Koskella and his wife, Ethel, were killed Tuesday when
their car left Idaho 55 near Banks and ended up in the North Fork of the Payette River.
Koskella, 86, of Donnelly, served as county commissioner between 1980 and 1990,
according to county records.
The accident was reported about 6:55 p.m. Tuesday on Idaho 55 near the Banks -
Lowman Road, an Idaho State Police report said.
i' Officers believe Koskella was traveling south when his car left the road for unknown
Ho-ml reasons. The car went down an embankment and rolled several times before coming to
Koskella rest partially submerged in the North Fork.
Howard Koskella and Ethel, 83, were found dead in the wreckage.
Investigators believe the crash occurred early in the day, but the exact time was unknown.
The highway was blocked for about half an hour while crews removed the vehicle. Both Koskellas
were wearing seat belts, the ISP report said.
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$500,000 paid to family in 2009 Adams County wreck
Mark Zampogna was killed in collision with Adams deputy Leroy Matthews
BY TOM GROTE
The Star -News
A payment of $500,000 has been made to the family of a Mountain Home airman killed in a 2009 auto
accident that also killed an Adams County sheriffs deputy.
The money was paid to the family of Mark Zampogna by
the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program, which is the
insurance company for Adams County.
The payment comes more than two years after the family y !
filed a claim asking for more than $6 million in damages from R >
Adams County. _
The July 6, 2009, head -on collision occurred south of New
Meadows between Zampogna's car and an Adams County
patrol car driven by Deputy Leroy Matthews.
The accident killed Matthews, 35, and Zampogna, 35, and hiarkZawpogua teh.lerop)tamn }s. »il r
injured Zampogna's wife and two children, who were
passengers in the car.
In their claim, the Zampognas said the sheriff's office was at fault for allowing Matthews to drive while
fatigued on the day of the accident.
The amount of money paid was obtained under a public records request filed by The Star -News.
Under state law, settlement amounts are considered public record for self- insurance programs such as
ICRMP. However, no other information about claims may be released.
A spokesperson for ICRMP offered only a general reason explaining the length of time between the
filing of the claim in December 2009 and the payment.
ICRMP was "waiting for the courts in various states to approve the settlement," the spokesperson said,
declining further comment.
Injuries Detailed
The claim said Jennifer Zampogna, then 35, broke bones in her left leg and suffered other injuries in
the accident.
Dominic Zampogna, then 7, suffered a lacerated liver and a broken right arm, and Nicole Zampogna,
then 9, suffered back pain and required stitches, the claim said.
An Idaho State Police investigation into the accident that found fatigue was a cause.
People who had breakfast and lunch with Matthews the day of the crash said he appeared fatigued,
the ISP report said.
Also, a video camera inside Matthews' car recorded the patrol car weaving several times before the
wreck.
"Matthews' driving pattern, at the time of the collision, was consistent with a fatigued driver," according
to conclusions of the ISP's final report.
The documents showed Matthews was nearing the end of his third straight day of working 12 -hour
shifts when the accident occurred.
The claim by the Zampogna family said the sheriffs office was "negligent in allowing or requiring
Deputy Matthews to work three straight days of 12 -hour shifts, causing him to become overly fatigued
and tired."
Mountain Home attorney Jay Friedly, who filed the claim on behalf on the family, did not reply to
requests to comment on the settlement payment.
Jennifer Zampogna, whose last known address was in Cheyenne, Wyo., also did not reply to requests
to comment.
Adams County Sheriff Rich Green would not comment directly on the settlement on Tuesday, saying
his office was not involved in the investigation.
"The investigating agency (Idaho State Police) and forensic examiners are the subject matter experts
and their determination contains the fads of record," Green said.
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Donnelly woman injured in Tuesday wreck
A Donnelly woman was treated for minor injuries after her pickup skidded on black ice and rolled on
Idaho 55 south of McCall.
Juliette Fields, 42, of Donnelly was driving on Idaho 55 at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when she hit a
patch of ice near Hinson's Power Sports, the Valley County Sheriffs Office said.
Her 1983 Toyota pickup hit a culvert on a driveway and rolled. Fields was taken by ambulance to St.
Luke's McCall and treated for minor injuries. Her pickup was destroyed.
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17 collisions between cars, deer and elk reported since June
BY DAN GALLAGHER
for The Star -New,
Hunting season has not even started and people are running into big game.
'We've had a lot of vehicle vs. elk and deer accidents," Valley County Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
"There's been a slug of them."
Motorists have hit 17 elk or deer on Idaho 55 since the beginning of June. Five have been struck on
Little Donner Summit north of Cascade.
"We've been lucky so far. Most of the drivers have swerved or hit them on the quarter panel of their
vehicle," Smith said.
"Four to five didn't report the collision," he said. "The deer were just found where they were hit."
Motorists who have been in an accident — including striking a deer or elk — that has caused more than
$1,500 are required to report the incident to the Valley County Sheriffs Office, he said.
There are some areas along the highway that attract the animals. They often involve bands of forest
abutting the road that serve as pathways for the game to reach a water source.
That includes the S -curve at the sawmill north of Spink Lane and south of Lake Fork, Gold Fork and
Goslin Loop south of Cascade.
"It is happening at all times, nighttime and daytime," Smith said. "We're just warning motorists to be
careful."
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Medical crisis blocks traffic on Idaho 55
Idaho 55 south of Donnelly was blocked briefly on Monday after a Donnelly man suffered a fatal
medical problem while driving his car.
Richard Petty, 73, was driving south of Donnelly at about 2:30 p.m. Monday when he experienced the
problem, Valley County Sheriff's Lt. Dan Smith said.
It was not known Wednesday if Petty suffered a heart attack, stroke, or another condition, Smith said.
A passenger was able to stop the vehicle in the road near the intersection with Old State Highway.
Petty was unresponsive when rescuers arrived, Smith said. A Donnelly Fire and EMS ambulance crew
administered CPR and took him to St. Luke's McCall, where he was pronounced dead.
A tow truck had to be called to remove the car from the highway and allow traffic to flow normally.
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Wreck near NPA hurts 2: trio unharmed in 2nd crash
Two people were injured on Monday when the car in which they were riding crashed on U.S. 95 south
of New Meadows, the Idaho State Police reporter.
Taylor Hill, 15, of New Meadows, was driving the car southbound when she briefly looked away from
the roadway, an ISP news release said.
Hill's car left her lane, overcorrected back onto the roadway, and overcorrected again, driving off the
shoulder, the report said.
The car went down a 50 -foot embankment, through a fence, hit a mound of dirt, and struck a power
pole, the report said.
Hill was licensed on an instruction permit, and she had a licensed driver with her in the car, the report
said. The licensed driver was not identified.
Both occupants were taken by ambulance to St. Luke's McCall, where they were treated and released,
a hospital spokesperspon said.
Both occupants were wearing their seatbelts, the ISP release said. The crash was still under
investigation.
In a separate incident, three male occupants of a car escaped injury when the car crashed about 8:40
a.m. Sunday on Boulder Lake Road just past Farm to Market Road southeast of McCall, the Valley
County Sheriff's Office report.
The car left the road and went down a 20 -foot embankment, rolling at least one time. All three
occupants, who were not identified, were wearing seat belts, the sheriff's office said.
The driver told investigators the three were on their way to go camping when he swerved to miss a
deer and overcorrected his steering, leading to the crash.
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WRECK INJURES 2
remove Lam- %ice. 5-, of New Meadows, from the
pickup Stain was <havmg that crashed about 143
p m Tum&.v on ldaho 3.3 at Loomis Lute. The
pickup was headed not di on the lm&vay ivhem
Stace Swerved to avoid a csr stopped on the
lmglmvap to make a left turn outo Loomis Line, the
Callev Cotmh Sheriffs Office svd The cu rolled
seve id times before coming to rest on its wheels
Stace mtd a pasceuger, p emu}-Siv m of Net,
Itleadmvs, were taken by w ambulance to St.
_llphom m Regiomal Medical Ceuta m Botse, where
they were m serious cvndihon on lVeduesdav The
diver of the car, l ;auev C.uut.v Cmu misstoner Rav
I,foul'e, 3�, of Domlelh-, was not uiliued, and trafhr
— blocked fora short time on the inglmvay An
mveshgahon was couti utug as of Wednesday
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PICK UP STICKS
7 t
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Rroe y am R.4 csw. Rrt o.p.em�
Photo shoos the aftavaath when a loggwg buck
crashed about a r, a m Monday ou Idaho 53 flure
codes sash of Suuths Fein- Gene Kdh', 33. from
Emmett, was ti:v-eBwg south udreu he lost control
m a r+rrre, the Idaho State Ph,, svd Both Lines
were blocked for about ;o mnmtes, oud w Idaho
11auspa,, crow plow pushed the logs ouf of
dre toad 'IY:afhc was duarted around the scene for
r -r a Lows while wvhng for a uree1w, and the
southbowrd lane uas blocked for auotha- two
hotas while the puck and trader were upnghted
and the logs rr- loaded
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ROOF TRIP
=IT ro.em— W.OL —.— eei-
C1u Sahudn•, Nw•e ?. 2oi:. at aplaowuately
o i Phi, 1c� . State Pdxe mrestrgated a one -
telucle rollover crash on ITS05 at nulepost 1-.i, to
nules north of Nev Meadow, 3 3 uules north of
Smoky- Boulder Road Robert &.de,' ;o, from
Mendmi, was tracehug umthbouud on ltSo.3 m a
_()g Clu�sler Towv R Cottutrvu •hen he lost
control of the van die to the ut roads Braslev's
vehicle west off the road rolled otre and hit a tree
before coming to rest on its roof Braslev mid Ins
paassenger. _lm} Braslec. 3b, also of MmdwL wee
trapped to the vehicle and had to be eahxated by
Tleado,m t ;allev Fne and EMS Air Brasle' and his
passeuge were transported to St Luke's 146 'all for
thew tulunes'The road ivm blocked for
apps osuuately two homs wide the crash was
cleared ..alcohol rs not a factor m the crash and the
roads were suow and ice covered The Idaho State
Pohee w,u assistedb.vAdams Cotmt.v Shedfs
Office and Idaho Cmmty Sheriffs (Nice
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Wreck near McCall blocks ID55 Mondav
A two -car wreck three miles north of McCall on Monday blocked Idaho 55 for an hour, Idaho State
Police said.
No one was injured in the wreck, which happened just after 3 p.m., an ISP report said.
Amanda Benke, 33, of Lewiston, was driving north when she lost control of her vehicle on slick roads,
crossed over into the southbound lanes. Benke's car struck a car driven by Patricia Barrow, 46, of
McCall.
Northbound traffic was completely blocked and southbound traffic was partially blocked for about one
hour, the ISP report said.
Traffic was let through in alternating directions while crews worked to remove the vehicles. Both
drivers were wearing their seat bells, and the crash was still under investigation.
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California man injured in ATV accident
A Califomia man was severely injured in an ATV accident on Thanksgiving, requiring a three -hour
rescue above Round Valley.
Steven Jesser, 57, of Fresno, Calif., was riding an ATV in the late afternoon when he went off an
embankment.
The machine rolled over Jesser and pinned him in some downed timber below, the Valley County
Sheriffs Office reported.
Four members of the Cascade Rural Fire Protection District and three sheriff's deputies responded.
It took several hours to make their way up a "goat trail" and slowly carry him to a location where an air
ambulance could transport Jesser to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Fire Chief Jim
Hass said.
Jesser suffered internal injuries and was listed in stable condition on Tuesday, a hospital spokesman
said.
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CORRECTION
A photo caption in The Star -News last week incorrectly said a logging truck that tipped over on a
snow - covered Deinhard Lane on Oct. 23 belonged to J.I. Morgan Inc.
The truck belonged to Rod Walker of Emmett The vehicle pictured helping unload the truck belonged
to J.I. Morgan.
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IDAHO SS ROLLOVER
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Photo for The Stu• -Ness br Matt t,loehe Matt Hall
from HSdi Touvug pi epves hook up a cav twit rau
off Idaho ;.3 nath of Donuell v and rolled oNvr
about rc, a m Thmsdar The cu, &1ven by Jow
Buves, :36, of Engle, was attemptm,¢ to piss
another cu ai the bWbwap vWe heading path
auci skipped ou the ecr road accordmg to the l ;auer
Cawn Sheriffs Office
eB uues nd a laimeuger,
Jeff vues, 03oEag. Were
not senomlc
mitued
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SERIOUS ACCIDENTS MAR WEEK
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Poab mvhry Id. — M-
1.LaN INRWI) IN WRECK- Lvn"Zmek, $q, of
Boise, was ndryg tins motorcycle Thesd y
afternoon when it crashed hrto a boat being towed
by a car dmru be Stephen himmmu, q, of McCall,
the Idaho State Police reported The amdent
bappend about 6 p m as the car and h;vler was
turning from Idaho 50 onto Pleasant Acres Price at
Lake Fork Ztn-ek attempted to pass but ran into
the boat, an 6SP report smd Zurek was taken by
ambulance to St Luke's OIcCal1, where he was
treated and released.
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DONNELLVW'OMAN DIES -Capt PaulVawterof
Domelh- Fire and EM, examines doctmne is from
a car that rolled over on Idaho 55 near Slunk Lace
Idoudac night, killing Stefvn Priest. a;} of
Dounelh- Acaz chnen by Arent was heading south
of Idaho .-» neaz Spuds Lane about 6 5o p m.
btoudat• when it left the road mud came back onto
the road, the Vallee Counts Sher&s Office
reported The drn n ocerconected the steenng and
the car trolled several fumes, throi%W Priest from
where the car the sheriffs office smd She was
taken be ambulance to St Luke's >tic('A whore she
was pronouuced dead The cause of the acadent
was still unde iutrsggatrou an W'eduesday
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Colorado man dies in motorcycle wreck near NM
A Colorado man died last week when his motorcycle struck a car on U.S. 95 south of New Meadows,
Idaho State Police said.
The accident happened about 4 p.m. July 17 at the Lost Valley Reservoir Road tum -off, the ISP said.
Eric A. Oleson, 32, of Payette, was driving northbound in a 2000 GMC Yukon and was turning left onto
Lost Valley Reservoir Road.
That was when a 2007 KTM motorcycle ridden by Gregory J. Grewell, 39 of Grand Junction, Co.
struck the passenger side of the Yukon.
Grewell, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene, the ISP report said.
Oleson, who was wearing his seat belt, was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's McCall.
The southbound lane of U.S. 95 was blocked for about 1 -1/2 hours.
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YMCA campers hurt in SUV rollove,
YMCA campers and a counselor were treated for minor injuries last Friday after their SUV rolled down
a 15 -foot embankment near Smiths Ferry, the Valley County Sheriffs Office reported.
Counselor Garrett Pierce was driving the Suburban at 12:43 a.m. on Friday, transporting six campers
from 12 to 15 years old from the Treasure Valley YMCA after a camping expedition, the sheriffs office
said.
The vehicle was on High Valley Road about two miles west of Smiths Ferry when it rolled off the
embankment.
Pierce, 21, of San Francisco, suffered cuts and bruises. Two children were transported to Cascade
Medical Center for possible back injuries and were treated for bumps and bruises, hospital staff said.
The others were treated at the scene and released.
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Donnelly man killed in head -on crash vAth semi near Riggins
A wreck on U.S. 95 just north of Riggins on Monday left a Donnelly man dead and pushed a semi
trailer into the Salmon River, Idaho State Police said.
Lester L. Ladner, 57, of Donnelly was headed north in a pickup when he veered across the center line,
and ISP report said.
Ladner's truck smashed into a southbound semi pulling a trailer driven by Jeremy Scheuerman, 30, of
Lewiston. The impact pushed the semi off the road, down an embankment and into the river, the ISP
report said.
Ladner was pronounced dead at the scene. Scheuerman was treated for his injuries by paramedics,
but did not need to go to the hospital. Both men were wearing seatbelts, the ISP said.
U.S 95 was blocked for six hours Sunday before the wreckage could be cleared. The crash remained
under investigation on Tuesday.
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Pickup goes into swollen Johnson Creek; owner missing
BY DAN GALLAGHER
for The Star -News
Valley County authorities were keeping a vigil near Yellow Pine this week to determine what happened
to a Meridian man whose pickup plunged into swollen Johnson Creek on Saturday.
Sheriffs deputies were notified Saturday morning that a
pickup was found in the creek about a quarter -mile south of
Yellow Pine Campground, Valley County Sheriffs Sgt. Jason
Speer said Tuesday.
The truck, a 1993 Ford F -150 is registered to Marlin Riggs,
51, Meridian.
Deputies and a rescue team from Cascade Rural Fire
Protection District responded to the scene.
"We traversed the river, which is extremely swollen; Speer
said. "It's that typical spring runoff that is blowing that creek
into a river. "
Rescuers were able to climb onto the top of the truck. A
cable was extended from a wrecker, but the river current was
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Cascade 5refighter Ste Hull works to attach a
cable to pickup owned by a Meridiau man which
plunged into submerged in Johnson Creek near
Yellow Pine on Saturday.
too strong and the cable broke.
The truck moved farther downriver, finally lodging on a rock, and become completely submerged,
Speer said.
"We've been up there subsequently every day, checking the conditions and checking the surrounding
area for the suspected driver," he said.
The family of Riggs has told the sheriffs office has not returned to Meridian, Speer said. They also are
unsure if there were any passengers in the truck.
"We know he was in Yellow Pine; we know he was leaving," Speer said.
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U.S. 95 near Pollock wreck kills youth, injures two
A young man died and two other people were injured on Monday when the car in which they were
riding collided with a semi -truck on U.S. 95 south of Pollock, Idaho State Police reported.
The crash happened about 11 a.m. Monday as Bruce Long, 49, of Pollock, was driving a semi -truck
pulling an empty logging trailer southbound on U.S. 95.
A northbound 1987 Toyota Camry failed to negotiate a right curve and crossed into the southbound
lane, where it collided with the front of the semi, the ISP report said.
None of the occupants of the Camry had been identified by Wednesday because their family members
had not been notified.
The fatality, described only as a juvenile male passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene of the
crash, the ISP report said.
The male driver of the Camry was taken by air ambulance to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in
Lewiston.
The juvenile female passenger in the Camry was taken to St. Luke's McCall by ambulance, and then
flown by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
The driver was wearing his seat belt, but neither of the passengers were wearing seat belts, the report
said. Long was not injured in the crash and was wearing his seat belt.
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Two die, four injured in Idaho 55 wreck Monday
4-year-old among victims of crash south of Cascade
BY DAN GALLAGHER
for The Star-News
A woman and a boy from Nampa were killed and four others injured in a two -car wreck on Idaho 55
south of Cascade on Monday.
The wreck near the Rainbow Bridge over the North Fork of the Payette River resulted in traffic being
diverted over a mountain road for two hours.
Michelle A. Lopez, 21, of Nampa and Nathaniel J. Ortiz, 4, also of Nampa were killed in the crash,
which happened about 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Valley County Sheriffs Office.
Juan Ortiz, 25, of Nampa was driving his car southbound about half a mile north of the Rainbow
Bridge when he went off the right shoulder of the road.
Ortiz turned the wheel of the four -door Toyota Corolla, came back onto the highway and then slid
broadside, Valley County Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
Lane Zachary, 71, of Bend, Ore., was driving north in a Honda Accord and hit the right side of the Ortiz
car, Smith said.
"Witnesses said speed was a factor in the accident," Smith said.
The two people who died in the crash were in the car with Ortiz.
Raphael Duran, 5, of Nampa was admitted to in St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. He was
in pediatric intensive care unit on Wednesday.
Juan Ortiz was taken to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise and was listed in fair
condition on Wednesday.
Raphael Duran is the son of Michelle Lopez, and Nathaniel Ortiz is the son of Juan Ortiz.
Lopez and Ortiz were reportedly dating at the time of the crash, Smith said. They had spent the
weekend with the children in McCall and were heading home, Smith said.
Zachary and his wife, Lois Zachary, 72, were taken to Cascade Medical Center, where they were
treated and released.
Rescuers from Cascade and Donnelly fire departments as well as two helicopter ambulances
responded to the scene.
Juan Ortiz and Raphael Duran were taken by ambulance to a field at the mouth of the canyon in
Round Valley, where they were then flown by helicopter to Boise.
Sheriffs deputies shut down the highway for about two hours and rerouted traffic over the Packer John
Road between Round Valley and Smiths Ferry.
The collision was under investigation on Wednesday. Detectives ask anyone who may have witnessed
the crash and not already spoken to law enforcement to call 382 -5160.
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5- year -old becomes third fatality of Idaho 55 wreck near Rainbow Bridge
A 5- year -old Nampa boy died last Thursday from injuries he suffered in a June 9 collision on Idaho 55
which killed his mother and a 4- year -old boy also in the car.
Raphael Duran Alonso was flown by medical helicopter on the day of the crash to St. Luke's Regional
Medical Center's pediatric intensive care unit, but succumbed to his injuries last Thursday, Valley
County Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
Alonso was riding in a car with his mother, 21- year -old Michelle Alonso Lopez, 25- year -old Juan Ortiz,
and his son, 4-year-old Nathaniel Ortiz.
Ortiz went off the right shoulder of the road, turned the car back onto the highway and then slid
broadside into a Honda Accord driven by Lane Zachary, 71, of Bend, Ore.
Lopez and Nathaniel Ortiz were killed in the wreck, which occurred about a half mile north of the
Rainbow Bridge.
Raphael Alonso and Juan Ortiz were driven by ambulance to Round Valley and then flown to Boise
hospitals. Zachary and his wife, Lois Zachary, 72, were taken to Cascade Medical Center, treated and
released.
The wreck forced the closure of Idaho 55 for about two hours and traffic was detoured over the Packer
John Road between Round Valley and Smiths Ferry.
"We talked with several witnesses who came forward and said Ortiz was traveling at a pretty high rate
of speed," Smith said.
The slide marks extended for about 160 feet on the roadway, he said.
A funeral service was held for Nathaniel Ortiz last Saturday, while services for Michelle Alonso and
Raphael Duran took place on Wednesday, all in Nampa.
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CDA man killed when ATV rolls near Yellow Pine
A 70- year -old Coeur d'Alene man was killed last Thursday while riding his ATV near Profile Summit
between Yellow Pine and Big Creek, the Valley County Sheriffs Office said.
Jerry Tucker was headed to Big Creek on his Honda ATV in the morning when he left the roadway and
rolled down an embankment into the creek, Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
It appeared that the ATV rolled over Tucker, who not wearing a helmet, Smith said. He was
pronounced dead at the scene.
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Body of missing Caldwell man found 100 miles from pickup
The body of a Caldwell man who has been missing since his pickup truck was found in rushing
Johnson Creek on May 16 has been found more than 100 miles downstream east of Riggins.
The body of Marlin Riggs, 51, was found on June 21 by kayakers 17 miles upstream of
` # Riggins on the main Salmon River, the Idaho County Sheriffs Office reported.
valley County sheriffs deputies and the Cascade Rural Fire Protection District were
made x�ggti dispatched on May 17 to Johnson Creek after the pickup was found in the roaring creek.
Cascade rescuers climbed atop the camper shell and a tow cable was attached, but it broke and the
pickup sank underwater.
The deputies maintained a daily vigil there, but the river current tore off the camper shell and
everything inside went downstream.
The pickup was pulled from the river on Sunday, Cascade Fire & EMS Chief Jim Hass said.
Riggs was in and out of prison between 1992 and March 2012, when he was last released on parole,
the Idaho Statesman reported after he became missing.
He served time for driving while intoxicated, illegal possession of a controlled substance, and domestic
assault or battery.
In 2009, Riggs filed in federal court in Boise, saying guards for the private Corrections Corp. of
America failed to stop other inmates from carrying out an attack on him.
He also claimed that CCA employees at the prison, which became known as "Gladiator School," failed
to treat his injuries adequately after the attack.
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Three hurt in two wrecks near NM Wednesday
Three people were injured in two auto accidents near New Meadows on Wednesday, Idaho State
Police reported.
At about 11 a.m., a 2004 Honda Rebel driven by Angela Nielson, 34 of Lapoint, Utah, was headed
northbound on U.S. 95 about five miles north of New Meadows,
The car drifted across both lanes of traffic and into the borrow pit, where Nielson's car struck a tree,
the ISP report said.
Nielson was not wearing a seat belt, but the air bags in the car deployed. She was taken by
ambulance to St. Luke's McCall and transferred to a Boise hospital, where her condition was not known
Wednesday night.
At about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a two- vehicle accident happened on Idaho 55 about a mile east of
New Meadows, the ISP reported.
A 2003 Kenworth tractor - trailer driven by J. Michael Greenwood, 46 of Boise, was headed north on
Idaho 55 when it drifted over the center line and struck a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Leroy
Braden, 64, of New Meadows.
Both drivers were wearing their seat belts and were treated for minor injuries. The highway was
blocked for about three hours, the ISP said.
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Car breaks loose from tow, hits logging truck
A car that broke loose from the recreational vehicle towing
it near Smiths Ferry last Friday caused a logging truck driver
to overturn his rig and block traffic on Idaho 55.
Virgil Ropp, 69, of Nampa, was towing a 2006 Jeep at 3
p.m. when the weld on the towing hitch broke.
The motor home was northbound north of Smiths Ferry
and the Jeep drifted into the oncoming lane, Valley County
Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
Jacob Steiner of Oreana was driving the empty 1994
Kenworth logging truck and steered to miss the Jeep, but it
hit his left front tire. The truck went off the road and turned
onto its side. No one was injured in the accident.
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Photo shows the wreckage of a car that rame loose
while being towed by an RV and struck a logging
truck near Cascade last Friday.
Traffic was blocked for about 90 minutes. No citations had been issued as of Tuesday.
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ELK ON HIGHWAY - This car drnRn by Joseph
Toledo, 26, of Nampa, was damaged when it struck
an elk on U.S. 95 two miles north of New Meadows
about 4:50 a.m. last Saturday, Idaho State Police
reported. Toledo was not injured in the crash.
There have been four wrecks where a car struck au
elk since Aug. t, with the other three happening in
Valley County, ISP Trooper Mark Wright said.
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ISP trooper unhurt when patrol car hits calf
An Idaho State Police trooper escaped injury on Aug. 3 when the patrol car she was driving hit a calf
on Idaho 55 north of Donnelly, the Valley County Sheriffs Office reported.
Trooper Victoria McCarthy was northbound on the highway at about 10 p.m. when she struck a black
calf in the road. She was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV at about 60 miles an hour, a sheriffs
report said.
McCarthy was not injured in the collision. The collision caused moderate damage to the patrol vehicle,
the sheriffs office reported-
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Cascade officer crashes car after asthma attack
A Cascade police officer caused minor damage to his patrol car when he suffered a severe asthma
attack on Aug. 3, Police Chief Randy Freeman said.
Eric Littlejohn had radioed in he was feeling ill during his shift that day and headed for home in his car,
Freeman said.
Littlejohn then suffered a severe asthma attack and blacked out momentarily. He was driving about 10
miles an hour on Clear Creek Road. The patrol car went off the road and into a fence.
Littlejohn was uninjured. The car suffered about $1,200 in damage and has been repaired, Freeman
said.
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Alabama man hurt in motorcycle crash near Banks
An Alabama man was injured Monday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed on Idaho 55 near
Banks, Idaho State Police said.
Paul Hill, 73, of Pelham, Ala., was driving his 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he failed to
negotiate a curve about 6:30 p.m., an ISP report said.
The motorcycle hit a barrier, hit a guardrail, and came to rest in a travel lane. Hill was not wearing a
helmet.
He was taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, where he was
listed in serious condition on Wednesday.
The highway was blocked for about 3 -1/2 hours while crews worked to clear the scene, the ISP said.
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Nampa man dies In Warm Lake motorcycle wreck
A Nampa man died last Saturday on Warm Lake Road when the motorcycle he was riding slide into
the path of a truck, the Valley County Sheriffs Office reported.
Wayne E. Mai, 70, was riding his Triumph motorcycle eastbound on the east side of Warm Lake
Summit when he hit a curb at about 1:30 p.m., Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
Mai slid across into the oncoming lane and was struck by a truck driven by Dexter Rickman of Lapwai.
Mai was accompanied by two other motorcycle riders. He was wearing a helmet, but was pronounced
dead at the scene.
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Idaho 55 crash at Banks Injures two
A two -car collision on Idaho 55 at Banks on Friday injured two people and slowed Labor Day weekend
traffic, the Idaho State Police reported.
The crash happened about 4:30 p.m. Friday in front of the Banks Store.
Rachel Roberts, 22, of Garden Valley, was in the parking lot of the Banks Store driving a 1975
Chevrolet pickup.
Roberts was attempting to turn left onto Idaho 55 and collided with a 2014 Dodge Avenger driven by
Jeff Tomlinson, 43, of Chino Valley, Ariz.
Tomlinson and his passenger, Marie Wilson, 60, of Kearns Canyon, Ariz., were both transported via air
ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Both had been released from St. AI's as of Wednesday, a hospital spokesperson said.
All occupants were wearing seat belts, the ISP reported. The road was reduced to one lane for about
2 -112 hours while crews worked to clear the scene.
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Boise woman dies in UTV accident on West Mountain
BY DAN GALLAGHER
for The Star-News
A Boise woman died on Sunday when the utility terrain vehicle in which she was riding flipped over on
West Mountain, the Valley County Sheriffs Office reported.
Laura Ream, 28, was pronounced dead at Cascade Medical Center, where she was taken after the
accident, which happened about 3:20 p.m. Sunday, the sheriffs office said.
Tyson Cornell, 28, of Boise, was driving the Rhino UTV on a trail west off West Mountain Road when it
flipped over.
Ream, who was not wearing a seat belt, fell out of the UTV and it rolled on her. The couple's son, Eli
Cornell, 2, was wearing a seat belt but was also injured in the rollover. Tyson Cornell was not injured.
Cornell took Ream in his car to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead from her injuries.
Eli Cornell was wearing a helmet, which was cracked on both sides in the accident, the sheriffs office
said.
He was taken to the Cascade hospital by a sheriffs deputy and flown by helicopter to St. Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center in Boise. Family members said Tuesday that Eli was recovering from bruised
lungs.
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Nampa women hurt when car hits truck near NM
Two Nampa women were hurt, one critically, when their car lost control on icy U.S. 95 west of New
Meadows on Saturday and collided with a truck, authorities reported.
Barbara Hill, 54, of Nampa, was listed in critical condition on Wednesday at St. Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center in Boise.
Hill was driving a 1995 Oldsmobile a8 that began to fishtail about 8:40 a.m. Saturday while heading
north on U.S. 95 near Price Valley Road, according to Idaho State Police. The car hit a 2008 Mitsubishi
truck heading south and driven by Stephen Osborne, 26 of Donnelly.
Hill and her passenger, Laveme Perry, 70, of Nampa were taken by ambulance to St. Luke's McCall,
after which Hill was taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus.
Perry was treated and released at St. Luke's McCall, a hospital spokesperson said. Osborne was not
injured, the ISP report said.
Hill had to be extricated from the car by rescuers from the Meadows Valley Fire Protection District.
She was taken by EMTs from Meadows Valley Ambulance Service to New Meadows, where
paramedics from McCall Fire & EMS got into the ambulance to assist with the treatment of Hill the rest
of the way to the McCall hospital.
Both lanes of U.S. 95 were blocked by the crash, with traffic resuming about 10 a.m. The accident was
still under investigation as of Monday, the ISP said.
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A McCall man was injured when this Jeep that he
was driving tipped oter about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday
night on East Side Drive north of McCall, McCall
Fire & EMS Chief Mark Billmire said. Ben Wallin,
39, was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's McCall
where he was held overnight and released on
Wednesday, according to the Valley County
Sberif's Office and a St. Luke's spokesperson.
Wallin's daughter, Wendy, to, was a passenger but
was not injured. Both occupants were wearing seat
belts, but Ben Wallin's leg was trapped under the
Jeep, which has to be lifted by rescuers to free hum,
Billmire said.
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Caldwell woman dies In auto wreck near New Meadows
A Caldwell woman died on Saturday in a one -car accident on U.S. 95 one mile south of New
Meadows, the Idaho State Police reported.
Kristina Montgomery, 20, of Caldwell, was heading south when her 2000 Buick LeSabre drove off the
right shoulder, overcorrected, and drove off the left shoulder about 8:45 a.m., an ISP report said.
The vehicle went off the embankment and collided with a tree.
Montgomery, who was wearing her seat belt, died at the scene, the report said.
The highway was partially blocked by emergency crews for about 2 -112 hours.
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The driver of this car was injured on Tuesday when
the car ran off Idaho 55 near Gun Hill Road and hit
a tree about 5 pm. Benjamin F. Daniels, zo, of
McCall was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's
McCall with minor injuries, according to McCall
Fite & EMS and the McCall Police Department, The
highway was not blocked during the incident.
Looking at the crash site, ate, from left, Capt.
Brandon Swain and firefighters Jake Class and
Jake Strohme}er.
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McCall man dies in motorcycle wreck near Mt. Hood
A McCall man died last week when his motorcycle crashed east of Government Camp in the Mount
Hood area, Oregon State Police reported.
Wilbur F. Fawcett, 63, died shortly after 5 p.m. on July 6 when Fawcett lost control of his motorcycle
and it hit a guardrail on U.S. 26.
Fawcett was found unresponsive on the roadway and his motorcycle was found about 500 feet from
where it hit the rail, according to a news release.
Excessive speed appears to have contributed to the crash, the release said.
Fawcett was declared dead on scene by emergency personnel. The highway was partially closed for
several hours while troopers investigated.
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Boise man injured when pickup wrecks near Silver Creek Plunge
A Boise man was injured last Thursday when his truck shot down a 400 -foot embankment near the
Silver Creek Plunge in southern Valley County, the Valley County Sheriffs Office reported.
James Forbus, 73, was driving a Toyota pickup along the road from the hot springs to the Middle Fork
of the Payette River when he went over the side about 4 p.m.
"He hit a tree, went down the embankment, hit a stump, shot off to the left and through some brush,
400 feet down," Sheriffs Lt. Dan Smith said.
Family members drove to the area and alerted authorities, including sheriffs deputies and search and
rescue teams from Valley and Boise counties. A medical helicopter was the first on the scene, but had to
land at the hot springs, Smith said.
A family member saw tracks going off the road and heard Forbus yelling from below at about 11:30
p. M.
A Boise County rope team descended the embankment and Forbus was pulled to safety at 1:30 a.m.,
Friday. He was flown to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released.
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WRECK INJURES TWO
Responders from the Meadows Valley Ambulance
Service move Brittany Benninger, r9, of Pullman,
Wash., to an ambulance following a crash on U.S.
95 about 18 miles north of New Meadows about
noon Sunday, according to the Idaho State Police.
The accident happened when the car driven by
Anna Syms, 56, also of Pullman, blew a tire and left
the roadway, striking several boulders before
stopping, the ISP report said. Benninger, a
passenger m the car, and Syms were taken by
ambulance to St. LuWs McCall, where they were
treated and released. Both were wearing seat belts.
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Idaho 55 blocked when car crashed near Banks Monday
Idaho 55 was blocked for about 90 minutes on Monday when a car crashed about five miles north of
Banks, the Idaho State Police reported.
Leon Qualls, 63, of Emmett, was driving south in a 2006 Kenworth tractor pulling two trailers when the
accident happened about 6:20 p.m. Monday, the ISP report said.
Qualls failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and hit the barrier on the west side of the road.
The semi came to rest blocking the northbound lane with the rear trailer overturned, the report said.
The southbound lane was blocked for 90 minutes while the northbound lane was blocked for about 3-
112 hours until the wreckage was cleared, the ISP report said.
Qualls was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured, the ISP report said.
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Lewiston man dies In auto wreck north of New Meadows
A Lewiston man died last Thursday after the car he was driving ran off U.S. 95 and crashed about
eight miles north of New Meadows, Idaho State Police said.
Douglas Freeman, 64, of Lewiston, was northbound on U.S. 95 in a 2008 GMC Canyon when the car
went off the east shoulder about 12:30 p.m. Nov. 5, the ISP reported.
The car over - corrected and went off the west shoulder, where the vehicle rolled and came to rest on
the west shoulder.
Freeman was transported to St. Luke's McCall Medical Center by ambulance, where he died, the ISP
report said.
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Four -car wreck Sunday closes Idaho 55 at Rainbow Bridge
Four vehicles crashed on Idaho 55 south of Smith Ferry
Sunday evening, blocking the historic Rainbow Bridge, the
Idaho State Police reported.
Jason Dunn, 34, of Boise was driving southbound on Idaho
55 at about 5 p.m., when his Chevrolet van crossed the
center line into the northbound lane, the ISP report said.
Dunn's car struck a Subaru wagon driven by 50- year -old
Cory Hamilton of McCall and then hit a Ford pickup driven by
Adam Pishl, 43, of Boise.
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Photo shows wreck that dosed Idaho 55 at the
Rainbow Bridge on Sunday.
The van bounced off the bridge guardrail in the
southbound lane and hit a Toyota Corolla, driven by Daniel Bixler, 26, of Cascade, causing it to slide
sideways. There were no injuries in the accident.
The highway was blocked for about 1 -112 hours until the wreckage could be removed.
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Mountain Pulliam, 32, of McCall, is shown with
Idaho State Police Trooper Mark Wright m the two
examine the result of a two-car wreck on Idaho 55
near Johnson Une in McCall on Friday. At about
2:4o p.m. Pulliam lost control of his 20,05 Toyota
Tuodm that was pulling a trailer with logs, Wright
said. Pulliam's car crossed into the opposite lane
where it struck a 2073 Ford Explorer driven by
Karen Lieisay, 49, of Donnelly. Pulliam's car came
to rest on its side and Lieasav's car tame to rest in a
snowbank. Both dri%vm escaped injury. The
highway was block for just over an hour. Pulliam
was cited for fading to maintain bis lane, Wright
said.
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