Hayden man pleads guilty in crash that killed 3
A Hayden man has pleaded guilty to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter for causing a head-on collision last year that killed a Spokane man and his two young daughters.
Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh said Tuesday he will recommend a fixed sentence of 10 years in prison, plus an indeterminate sentence of 20 years, when Ryan John Turner in sentenced Jan. 31 in 1st District Court.
Turner, 28, was driving his Chevy Silverado the wrong way in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 95 on Sept. 12, 2015, just before 4 a.m. He slammed head on into a minivan, killing its driver, Mathew-Michael T. Baroni, 33, and his daughters, Madilyn Baroni, 8, and Molly Baroni, 6.
Baroni worked as an independent contractor for The Spokesman-Review, picking up a load of newspapers in Spokane every morning and taking them to Sandpoint for other carriers to deliver to subscribers’ homes. He and the two girls were traveling south near Athol on the return trip from Sandpoint. The three were not wearing seat belts, investigator said. The back seats had been removed so the girls could rest on a mattress placed in the van.
Madilyn and Molly Baroni attended school at Spokane Public Montessori, and their mother Meghan Baroni worked as a nurse for Spokane Public Schools/Scott Maben, SR. More here.
