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March 25, 2011 in City, Idaho
Post Falls man killed in wrong-way crash on I-90
Surviving driver arrested for vehicular homicide
A Post Falls man died this morning following a collision involving another driver going the wrong way on Interstate 90 at Barker Road. The freeway was closed for several hours while Washington State Patrol troopers conducted their investigation.
Kenneth J. Hardin, 27, died at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center following the 3:10 a.m. crash in the eastbound lanes beneath the Barker Road overpass.
Traffic was rerouted along the off ramp at Barker and back onto the freeway on ramp. All lanes reopened prior to 8 a.m.
Hardin was headed east in a 1989 Mazda MX6 when his vehicle collided with a westbound Toyota 4Runner driven by Teri Marie Scheele, 29, of Spokane, in the eastbound lanes. The vehicles collided head on.
Scheele was taken to Sacred Heart, troopers said. Hospital officials were unable to update her condition this morning, but troopers said her condition was serious. She was arrested for vehicular homicide while being treated, troopers said.
Investigators are looking at the possibility of drugs or alcohol contributing to the accident, said Trooper Troy Briggs, spokesman for WSP in Spokane. He said an arrest allows troopers the ability to take a blood sample for screening for drugs and alcohol without the patient’s consent.
A third vehicle driven by Andrew R. Samek, 36, of Hayden, avoided the collision by crossing a cable barrier in the median. He was not injured.
Several local agencies assisted troopers at the scene this morning.
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Brett on March 25 at 12:51 p.m.
RIP, Ken. Couldn’t have asked for a better friend. Gonna miss you, bud.
Covered_In_Bees on March 25 at 8:26 p.m.
Awesome. Another senseless alcohol-related death and the drunk lives. I hope Teri Marie Scheele suffers an immensely painful, slow demise.
And before anyone chimes in with the “she will have to live the pain she caused the rest of her life” nonsense, I seriously doubt it. People that get blasted like this and get behind the wheel and are so ripped they drive the wrong way down the interstate are trash that don’t feel all that bad about anything.
kasarn2 on March 26 at 11:39 p.m.
Another life taken to soon by a worthless piece of crap who was drunk or high! I hope that Teri will rot in jail, and never be released! I hope her children and family are proud of their mother/wife/daughter/sister for killing a great and nice young man! People like her need to go to hell! Rest in peace Kenneth, you will be missed!