Officer killed in hit-and-run crash in Idaho

Officers in the Spokane Police Department were saddened Wednesday by the death of a fellow officer who was killed in a h it-and-run motorcycle crash.

Kurt P. Henson, 47, of Post Falls, died Tuesday at the scene of the 10:20 p.m. crash near Clark Fork on Highway 200.

Henson and a passenger were thrown from the motorcycle Henson was driving after he struck an abrupt edge in a construction zone. They were hit by a 2001 Dodge 1500 pickup, which fled the scene.

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