Coeur d’Alene woman dies in car wreck

A Coeur d’Alene woman died in a single-car accident Thursday near Priest Lake. Joan C. Sanders, 75, was driving northbound on state Highway 57 south of Nordman when she drove off the shoulder, striking a tree, around 2:47 p.m., the Idaho State Police said. She was transported by helicopter to Newport Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Sanders was wearing a seat belt. The investigation is continuing.