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Bonner County crash claims Post Falls man

January 9, 2014
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 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.
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