Idaho Mountain Express: 2 injured in Sunday head-on crash

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

2 injured in Sunday head-on crash

Hailey man charged with reckless driving

By TERRY SMITH
Express Staff Writer

A policeman investigates the scene of the accident Sunday night. Photo by Roland Lane

A 45-year-old Hailey man has been charged with reckless driving following a head-on collision early Sunday evening on state Highway 75 in Hailey.

Hailey police Lt. Steve England said the citation issued to William D. Weller alleges that his actions caused the collision that led to a transport of both him and another driver, Linda K. Love, 63, of Bellevue, to St. Luke’s Wood River.

England said neither accident victim sustained life-threatening injuries. Their conditions were not available from St. Luke’s by press deadline Tuesday.

The accident occurred shortly before 7 p. m. on the highway just south of the Friedman Memorial Airport tower. England said Weller was southbound in a 1987 Plymouth Colt that collided head-on with Love’s northbound 1996 small Chevrolet pickup.

England said investigation showed that Weller lost control of his car when a vehicle in front of him slowed down.

“Once [Weller] slowed down, he lost control of his vehicle and went into the northbound lane,” England said

He said investigation further showed that prior to the collision, Weller was driving recklessly, perhaps in a “road rage” incident with the vehicle that slowed down in front of him.

Both Weller and Love were transported to St. Luke’s by Wood River Fire & Rescue ambulance.

Terry Smith: tsmith@mtexpress.com

cialis kaufen
comprare cialis
comprar cialis

About Comments

Comments with content that seeks to incite or inflame may be removed.

Comments that are in ALL CAPS may be removed.

Comments that are off-topic or that include profanity or personal attacks, libelous or other inappropriate material may be removed from the site. Entries that are unsigned or contain signatures by someone other than the actual author may be removed. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or any other policies governing this site. Use of this system denotes full acceptance of these conditions. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

The comments below are from the readers of mtexpress.com and in no way represent the views of Express Publishing, Inc.

You may flag individual comments. You may also report an inappropriate or offensive comment by clicking here.

Flagging Comments: Flagging a comment tells a site administrator that a comment is inappropriate. You can find the flag option by pointing the mouse over the comment and clicking the 'Flag' link.

Flagging a comment is only counted once per person, and you won't need to do it multiple times.

Proper Flagging Guidelines: Every site has a different commenting policy - be sure to review the policy for this site before flagging comments. In general these types of comments should be flagged: