Investigators identify woman killed near Hauser
Crash investigators say Marie-Claire M. Steinkamp, 85, died Saturday when her minivan collided with a semitrailer near Hauser.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said she had been living a transient lifestyle and they were unable to find any relatives.
Steinkamp’s last address was an apartment in the 1100 block of West Sprague.
The collision happened at about 3 p.m. when Steinkamp failed to yield and drove her 1995 Ford Aerostar minivan into the path of the commercial truck at the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Pleasantview Road.