WSU nursing student killed in crash on Highway 195
A 22-year-old Washington State University nursing student was killed Friday after losing control of her vehicle while trying to pass other cars on two-lane Highway 195 north of Rosalia.
Kasey Nicole Skaggs, of Renton, Wash., was southbound on the highway about 1 p.m. when she attempted to pass three vehicles in a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, the Washington State Patrol said. While moving back into the southbound lane, the car slid broadside in the northbound lane and was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier.
The Cavalier’s driver, David M. Swanson, 47, and passenger, Bonnie L. Swanson, 46, both of Chewelah, were transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, where they were both listed in satisfactory condition Friday night, a nursing supervisor said.
Police say Valley man left bomb threat at auto dealer
A bomb threat at an auto dealership Thursday night led to the arrest of a Spokane Valley man, police said.
Damian C. Dunigan, 40, put a sign in the window of his 2007 Dodge Caliber stating there was a bomb inside and left it at Dishman Dodge, 7700 E. Sprague Ave., about 6:15 p.m., police said.
The threat was written on the back of repossession paperwork from Chrysler that police say he refused to complete at the dealership, according to a news release.
Police arrested Dunigan at his home in the 4200 block of North Vercler after a short standoff. Dunigan’s wife told police he’d written the note a day earlier “because he felt Chrysler was cheating him,” police said.
Dunigan was booked into Spokane County Jail on a felony charge of making a bomb threat to injure persons or damage property.
No bomb was found.
Two Airway Heights inmates test positive for swine flu
Two inmates at the Airway Heights Correction Center tested positive for the H1N1 influenza virus – commonly called the swine flu – during the past week. Both cases were mild and the men have been released from quarantine.
Also, an infant in Spokane has tested positive for the virus and local health officials worked Friday to determine if other children were infected.
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said a Pierce County woman in her 20s died Friday after being hospitalized since May 21. Spokeswoman Pam Cowley said the woman “did have one underlying health condition that put her at higher risk” but added “we believe she died of complications from swine flu.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that Washington has had 577 cases of H1N1 flu.
Idaho has had 21 cases, including two women in their 20s during the past week. Both are recovering, and neither needed hospitalization.
One woman lives in Kootenai County. The other was visiting Bonners Ferry, according to the Panhandle Health District.