North Idaho Briefs August 2, 2011
Cd'A police seek two runaways
COEUR d'ALENE - Police are searching for two female juveniles that are considered endangered runaways.
Charity M. Jordan, 14, and Tina L. Jewell, 15, both of Coeur d'Alene, are friends and possibly together, according to a Coeur d'Alene Police Department press release.
They reportedly left their residences early Monday morning. Both girls have run away together twice in the past year, police said.
Charity Jordan is 5-6, 140 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair. Tina Jewell is 5-2, 104 pounds, with hazel eyes and blonde hair.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jordan and Jewell should contact Coeur d'Alene Police at 769-2320.
Highway 95 crash injures woman
COEUR d'ALENE - A Moscow woman was injured Monday on Highway 95 when her vehicle struck a tractor-trailer at milepost 416, near Fighting Creek.
Wendy A. Barner, 57, was southbound in a 1999 Toyota Rav 4 at 1:55 p.m. when she failed to recognize a semi truck and trailer had slowed in front of her, according to an Idaho State Police press release.
Barner braked but was unable to stop before striking the rear of the truck, police said. She was injured and transported to Kootenai Medical Center, where she was treated and released, according to hospital staff.
The driver of the semi, William E. Sheehan, 61, of Kalispell, Mont., was not injured.
He was preparing to turn into Fighting Creek Smoke Shop when the collision occurred, police said.
Barner and Sheehan were both wearing seat belts.
Truck overturns near Cd'A Casino
COEUR d'ALENE - A semi truck with two flatbed trailers carrying bales of hay overturned on Highway 58 Monday morning west of the Coeur d'Alene Casino near Worley, partially blocking the roadway for four hours.
The driver, Michael R. King, was not injured, according to an Idaho State Police report.
King was westbound on the road near milepost 1 when he drifted off the right shoulder around 10.15 a.m., lost control, and rolled his truck and trailers onto their right side.