Locals involved in
fatal Libby crash
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July 19, 2011 |
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Josh Peters,
29, died in a head-on collision with a
logging truck Friday near Libby,
Montana. |
A collision Friday near Libby involving two
Bonners Ferry men claimed the life of one of
them, Joshua Richard Peters, 29, who recently
moved to Bonners Ferry from Sandpoint, where he
grew up, to live with his long-time girlfriend,
Stephanie Lederhos.
According to the Montana Highway Patrol, Peters
was traveling east on Highway 2 toward Libby
Friday when he crossed the center line and
into the path of a Foust Logging truck driven by
Todd Smith, also of Bonners Ferry. Smith tried
to swerve out of the way, but was unable to
avoid the head-on collision.
Smith and his 12-year-old passenger were not
injured. According to MHP Sergeant Duane Bowers,
neither speed nor alcohol appear to be factors
in the collision.
Peters graduated from Sandpoint High School in
2000, and leaves behind two daughters, Julia,
11, and Mackenzie, 5, from a prior marriage. He
worked for several years at Litehouse in
Sandpoint, before taking a position with Green
Gallon Solutions, a firm that recycles used
cooking oil to make advanced bio-diesel fuel.
Services were held at 4 p.m. today at the
Sandpoint Assembly of God Church, Pastor Brian
Noble officiating. His obituary is available
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