North Idaho Briefs January 30, 2013
Lakeland school bus slides off icy road; no injuries
A Lakeland School District bus with 14 teenagers aboard slid off an icy roadway Tuesday afternoon north of Hayden on Rimrock Road.
The bus was traveling southbound on Rimrock, negotiating a curve, when it began to slide sideways on compact snow and ice on the roadway, a Kootenai County Sheriff's Department news release said.
The accident occurred before 4 p.m. south of Corbin Hill Road. The bus struck a tree on the rear passenger area.
Two students, 15 and 16 years old, who were sitting at the rear of the bus at the time of the collision complained of soreness but were not transported by medical personnel. The students ranged from 13 to 17 years old, the sheriff's department said.
The bus driver, 58-year-old Debbie Page, of Otis Orchards, Wash., was unable to regain control of the bus and it slid off the roadway. Page estimated her speed at 5 mph prior to the collision.
The Lakeland School District notified the parents of the children and another bus responded to the scene, taking custody of the children and continuing the bus route, the sheriff's department said.
At this time, there have been no citations issued and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
It appears the speed of the bus, even at 5 mph, was too fast for the road conditions at the time, according to the sheriff's department.
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Burglary reported at Cd'A home
COEUR d'ALENE - A Coeur d'Alene home was reported burglarized Sunday while the resident was away for 90 minutes.
According to a police report, the victim said he left the residence in the 1300 block of East Locust about 4 p.m. to pick up his daughter in the Silver Valley.
When he returned at 5:30, he found the back door had been kicked in.
A 50-inch Pioneer plasma TV, a Sony Playstation 3 console, several games, total value $890, were reported taken.
The victim said he "did have someone in mind that could have done it" but did not want give the name to police for a report, but would talk to a detective about it.
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Public radio rep to visit Cd'A
The general manager of Spokane Public Radio will visit Coeur d'Alene on Friday.
Cary Boyce is scheduled to speak at the noon meeting of the Rotary Club of Coeur d'Alene at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, about the station's immediate and long-range plans and how these will affect Coeur d'Alene listeners and supporters.
This is only open to Rotary members.
At 1 p.m., Boyce will move to The Bistro on Spruce at 1710 N. Fourth St. for an informal public visit until 3 p.m.
Info: (800) 328-5729 or www.spokanepublicradio.org.