Woman drives off in good Samaritan's car following crash
<p>Photo courtesy Scott Maclay Kootenai County Fire and Rescue emergency personnel work to remove the driver from an SUV Tuesday following a car jacking that ended with a high speed crash on Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive.</p>
COEUR d’ALENE — A good Samaritan who stopped at the scene of a two-vehicle wreck on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive this morning had her car stolen by one of the woman involved in the crash.
At approximately 7:30 a.m. the Samaritan, who had her three children in the car with her, went to check on the drivers involved in the crash. At that point, the woman who caused the crash walked over to the good Samaritan’s car and got in, said Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Stu Miller.
After what Miller described as a “brief scuffle,” the good Samaritan was able to get her children out of the car. Once the children were out of the car, the woman took off at high speeds and eventually rear-ended a Dodge pickup on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive near Potlatch Hill.
Both the woman and the male driver of the pickup were transported to Kootenai Medical Center with what Miller called “significant” injuries.
A traffic team and detectives are at the scene investigating.
The sheriff's office is expected to release additional information about the incident later today.