Kellogg man dies in SUV rollover
A 22-year-old Kellogg man died when the SUV he was driving rolled down an embankment Monday. Two passengers suffered minor injuries.
Jordan E. Williams was ejected from his 2000 Isuzu Rodeo when it left the road while southbound along state Highway 3 at milepost 109, about eight miles south of Interstate 90, according to the Idaho State Police.
Jessica R. Hickel, 16, of Santa, Idaho, was ejected and taken to Kootenai Medical Center, where she was treated and released, authorities said. Miranda N. Mann, 17, of St. Maries, remained in the vehicle and also was treated and released at Kootenai Medical Center. The accident occurred about 4:10 p.m.
Neither Williams nor Hickel was wearing a seat belt, according to ISP.
Spokane
Adult family home loses state license
The license of an adult family home in north Spokane was revoked after the state found numerous violations endangering residents.
The Department of Social and Health Services has stopped Arbor House Too, 5917 N. Washington, from admitting new residents, but current residents may stay in the home pending an appeal.
The person to whom the home is licensed, Vickie Barnes, has 28 days to contest the revocation.
Among the violations cited by DSHS are failure to update a resident’s assessment, leading to bed sores; failure to ensure a resident with skin and eating problems received medical care; and failure to properly dispense medications.
The care provider also is accused of lying to inspectors.
Pullman
Engineering school named for donors
A couple who donated $17.5 million to Washington State University have had an engineering school named after them.
The Pullman-based school will be named the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Gene Voiland grew up in Richland, where his father was a chemist at the national laboratory then run by General Electric. He got a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at WSU in 1969.
Voiland, now a California resident with his wife, Linda, went on to become an engineer and CEO in the energy industry, running subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil before retiring in 2007.
The university says it is the largest one-time commitment by an individual donor in its history. It says the gift will help the school hire faculty to conduct research in renewable fuels and sustainable energy.
Seattle
Self-immolation at UW ruled suicide
The King County medical examiner’s office has identified the 61-year-old man who set himself on fire at the University of Washington campus last Thursday as In Soo Chun.
The medical examiner ruled Chun’s death a suicide Monday, four days after the former UW worker poured gasoline on himself and set himself ablaze in Red Square during the middle of the day.
Chun died shortly after being taken to Harborview Medical Center with second- and third-degree burns.
The medical examiner said Chun died from “thermal burns involving 90 percent of total body surface area.”