Trooper finds missing driver, 72

An Idaho State Police trooper located a missing 72-year-old woman Thursday night as she drove west on Interstate 90 near Cataldo, Idaho.

Elizabeth Huggins was reported missing Tuesday after her husband, in a separate car, lost sight of her near Kellogg.

The couple had driven to Spokane from San Antonio but decided they didn’t want to move here and were driving back to Texas when they became separated.

“A citizen called her in as a possible DUI,” said ISP Sgt. Rick Field. “I followed her for a bit and she was driving all over the road. It took about two and a half miles before she pulled over and then she stopped in the middle of the road.”

The woman was not under the influence and was surprised to hear she had been reported missing. Huggins had driven as far as Sheridan, Wyo., before turning around to return to Spokane.

Kootenai County

Alcohol a factor in two-car crash

Alcohol was involved in the two-car crash that injured four people Thursday evening and shut down U.S. Highway 95 north of Athol for several hours, said Idaho State Police Cpl. Charlie Greear.

Debi A. Grantham, 53, of Sandpoint, was driving south when she crossed the centerline and struck a northbound pickup driven by 82-year-old Clyde Brown, of Oak Creek, Wis., according to the Idaho State Police.

“Both drivers admitted to consuming some alcohol,” Greear said. “We know they were drinking. We don’t know how much.”

Grantham and her husband, 56-year-old Dale R. Grantham, were transported to Kootenai Medical Center. Brown was taken to Bonner General Hospital and his wife, Shirley D. Brown, 80, was taken to Kootenai Medical Center.

From staff reports