Passenger ejected from truck dies

A Worley, Idaho, man died early Saturday when the truck he was riding in rolled just north of the community on Highway 95.

Emilio Garcia, 43, was ejected from a Dodge Dakota pickup that hit a guardrail and overturned shortly after midnight. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Idaho State Police have not yet identified the truck’s driver and continue to investigate.

Lacey, Wash.

Police chase ends in fatal shooting

Olympia police shot and killed a man Saturday morning following a car chase and traffic stop that ended in nearby Lacey.

The man was not immediately identified. It was not immediately determined how many times the man was shot.

Lacey police Lt. Jim Mack said one or more Olympia officers were involved in the shooting after police chased the man in a black Honda following a different shooting in Olympia early Saturday.

A gun was recovered from the car the man was driving, Mack said.

A woman who was a passenger in the black Honda wasn’t hurt, Mack said.

Mountain Home, Idaho

Deputy hits, kills two cows

An Elmore County sheriff’s deputy struck two cows early Friday morning, killing both animals and likely totaling his patrol car.

Deputy Ray Page was uninjured in the accident, which happened near Mountain Home Air Force Base.

The area where the cows were killed is open range, territory where cattle are typically allowed to wander and automobile drivers must yield.

“It was some black cows in the dark. I saw some legs running by the side of the car, swerved, and hit the two cows,” Page said.

Both cows died at the scene.

Everett, Wash.

Man charged in drowning of teen

Snohomish County prosecutors have charged a 21-year-old gang member with first-degree murder in the drowning of a 17-year-old Seattle girl whose body was found floating in Lake Ballinger last month.

Robert Langendoerfer was charged Friday in Superior Court. He is being held on $1 million bail.

Three witnesses told Mountlake Terrace police Britney Galindez was choked, stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver and then thrown into Lake Ballinger. They say she tried to swim away from her attacker, but he waded in after her to finish her off.

Witnesses told police Langendoerfer got angry with Galindez after she threw up next to him in a car after a night of drinking.