Passenger in ATV crash last weekend dies

A 60-year-old Silverton woman died one week after an ATV crash left her in critical condition.

Kristi Hunnicutt was a passenger in the crash that occurred June 25 on Old River Road in Kingston. She died at 4:51 p.m. Saturday at Kootenai Health, according to Idaho State Police.

According to ISP, the driver of the ATV, 51-year-old Thomas Schwartzenberger of Cheney, failed to negotiate a turn while heading northbound on Old River Road. The ATV left the road, struck a tree and continued down a long embankment where it struck another tree. Both Schwartzenberger and Hunnicutt were ejected.

Schwartzenberger was pronounced dead at the scene.