COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The driver of a boat involved in a fatal crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene last year is facing a second lawsuit by one of the three victims' parents.
Dennis Magner, 51, has been sued by the parents of 21-year-old Justin Honken, who was killed in the crash, The Coeur d'Alene Press reported (http://bit.ly/2sBGAWl ).
Magner was sued in May by the mother of 21-year-old Caitlin Breeze, who also died in the crash. The third victim was 34-year-old Justin Luhr.
The lawsuits claim Magner was drunk during the July 2016 crash, in which he is accused of driving his boat into a stationary boat that the three victims were on.
The bodies of Honken, Breeze and Luhr were recovered from Lake Coeur d'Alene several days after the crash.
Andrew Bohrnsen, Magner's attorney, didn't return a call from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Magner and the four other people on the boat with him suffered minor injuries.
Following an investigation by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office that concluded earlier this year, the case was forwarded to the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office. No criminal charges were filed against Magner or members of his crew as of Tuesday.
Passengers on Magner's boat initially lied to authorities regarding the identity of the driver. Three of the occupants, however, changed their story several days after the wreck, telling investigators Magner was the driver of the vessel. They told dispatchers Luhr's boat was "completely blacked out and not moving."
The Honkens' lawsuit asks for more than $10,000 in damages.
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Information from: Coeur d'Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com
