Sandpoint, ID — Two people died in a three-vehicle accident in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Friday, July 24, 2015. The accident took place on Highway 95, near mile marker 482, around 12:30 in the afternoon.
Police have identified 27-year-old Yun Zhou as the driver of a Ford Focus who attempted to pass the tanker truck traveling ahead of him by driving into the oncoming lane. Once there, he crashed into a dump truck being driven by 39-year-old Harley Lippert.
Emergency workers transported Zhou to Kootenai Health for her injuries. She was traveling with two passengers at the time of the crash. One, 50-year-olod Ling Yuan, was also taken to Kootenai and pronounced dead. The other, 52-year-old Jianxue Zhou, was taken to Sacred Heart and died a short time later.
Lippert was not injured in the accident.
The crash is still being investigated.
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