Bonner County crash claims Post Falls man |
| January 9, 2014 |
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A head on crash this morning on Highway 95 near
Sagle claimed the life of a Post Falls man, sent
an elderly Thompson Falls woman to the hospital
and shut down traffic for about two and a half
hours. According to the Idaho State Police, Barbara A. Farrington, 70, Thompson Falls, Montana, was traveling south, driving a 2003 Ford Focus, when she veered into the northbound lane near milepost 467.5, hitting a 1999 Ford Escort driven by Darrel C. Kirking, 61, Post Falls, head on head on at about 7:26 a.m. Kirking was pronounced dead at the scene, Farrington was transported to Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d'Alene. The collision remains under investigation. |