Coeur d’Alene woman dies in car wreck
Thu., July 23, 2015
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.
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