Driver to face 3 manslaughter counts

A Hayden man will face three counts of felony vehicular manslaughter for causing a head-on collision Saturday that killed a Spokane man and his two young daughters. Investigators believe Ryan J. Turner, 27, had been drinking before he got on U.S. Highway 95 driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes, Idaho State Police Sgt. Ron Sutton said. “We do know he had been consuming,” Sutton said. “The odor was there of an alcoholic beverage.” Results of a blood-alcohol test are expected in a couple of weeks. The crash happened just before 4 a.m. about a mile south of Athol. The northbound and southbound lanes are divided by a wide median/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.