Driver accused of hitting 2 at WSU acquitted
Published 10:20 am Thursday, May 6, 2010
PULLMAN — A Whitman County judge has acquitted a Moscow, Idaho, man accused of injuring two Washington State University students in a December hit-and-run.
Superior Court Judge David Frazier on Wednesday ruled that 31-year-old Daniel Noble was temporarily insane during the Dec. 7 incident and acquitted him of two felony counts of vehicular assault, two felony counts of hit-and-run and misdemeanor resisting arrest.
The Lewiston Tribune reports that Frazier granted a defense motion to acquit Noble based on Noble’s attorney’s intent to use an insanity defense at trial.
The two pedestrians who were struck, 19-year-old Neil Waldbjorn of Malaga and 23-year-old Hogun Hahm of Pullman, each suffered a broken leg.
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Information from: Lewiston Tribune, www.lmtribune.com
