In brief: Woman struck by car after fireworks event

A woman was injured Sunday night after a man drove his car into her at the Stateline Speedway.

After a fireworks display at the speedway, a couple of drivers got into an argument when they were leaving the parking lot, according to a news release from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. Jefferson A. Dauenhauer, 38, Spokane, allegedly drove into Margret A. Burk, 65, Mead, causing Burk to fall and hit her head.

Burk was taken to Kootenai Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, the news release said.

Charges against Dauenhauer are pending. Police do not suspect alcohol was a factor in the incident.

Staff reports

ATV crash kills man south of Sagle Road

A Lewiston man was killed in an ATV accident Sunday near Sagle.

Kirk W. Tate, 38, was driving north on Garfield Bay Cutoff Road, about half a mile south of Sagle Road, when he lost control of the ATV he was riding and went off the road, according to the Idaho State Police.

Tate, who was not wearing a helmet, hit a culvert in the ditch and was thrown off the ATV. He died at the scene, police said.

The incident remains under investigation, ISP said.

Staff reports

Exxon Mobil says cleanup not limited

LAUREL, Mont. – The scope of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s oil leak into the Yellowstone River could extend far beyond a 10-mile stretch of the famed waterway, the company acknowledged under political pressure Monday.

Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. President Gary Pruessing pledged to do “whatever is necessary” to find and mop up oil from the 12-inch pipeline that broke at the bottom of the river over the weekend.

The company earlier downplayed assertions from state and federal officials that damage from the spill was spread over dozens of miles. That drew sharp criticism from Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who planned to tour the damaged areas today.

“We’re not limiting the scope of our cleanup to the immediate site,” Pruessing said at a news conference along the river near Laurel, as crews mopped up oil in the background. “We are not trying to suggest in any way that that’s the limit of exposure.”

Associated Press