KMC Lot Incident Leads To Arrest

Richard Lloyd Vivian, 50, of Coeur d’Alene, was charged with aggravated assault and taken to jail in a parking lot incident reminiscent of a scene from the movie, “Fried Green Tomatoes.” According to a Coeur d’Alene police report, Vivian was waiting for a vehicle to exit a handicapped parking spot in the north lot of Kootenai Medical Center about 11:38 a.m. today, when another vehicle zipped into the space before him. After the driver left his car, Vivian rammed the parked car with his Jeep SUV. Then, Vivian quickly backed his car up, almost hitting a pedestrian. No injuries were reported. The other two vehicles were unoccupied. Total damages to the three vehicles is estimated at $2000. Vivian was standing near his car when officers arrived. He told police that he thought the parking spot was his. In “Fried Green Tomatoes,” the character played by Kathy Bates repeatedly rammed a convertible Volkswagon driven by two uppity young women that speeded into a parking spot she’d been waiting for/ Huckleberries Online .