Idaho law enforcement will be cracking down on aggressive driving for the next two weeks in their new statewide aggressive driving campaign.

The emphasis patrol starts on August 1st and goes through the 13th. “It is our goal to reduce the impact to our motoring public by encouraging everybody to slow down, back off, pay attention and be patient,” said Sgt. Erik Turrell with the Coeur d'Alene Police Department's CARE Team.

The patrol is sponsored by the Idaho Department of Transportation and the Office of Highway Operations and Safety. Kootenai county deputies will be conducting the patrol at various locations around the county. They will focus on aggressive drivers who speed, tailgate, fail to yield and cut in and out of traffic.

A motorcyclist from Moyie Springs is dead after colliding with a deer Saturday evening near the Idaho/Montana border. Wayne W. William, 51, hit near dear near milepost 76 and ran off the road. He did not survive the crash.

The passenger, Kelli Williams, also from Moyie Springs, was injured in the accident and was transported to Boundary Community Hospital. Her condition is not known at this time.

Neither of them were wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Three people were sent to Kootenai Medical Center for injuries on Saturday afternoon after one driver ran a stop sign west of Athol, Idaho.

Dexter P. Olmstead, 16, of Spirit Lake was driving northbound on Clagstone Road near SH 54 when he failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection. That's when the other driver, Wiliam W. Ramsbottom, 41 of Post Falls, collided with Olmstead.

They both left the roadway on the northside of SH 54. Ramsbottom went through a fence before coming to a rest. He was sent to the hospital for injuries along with Christine M. Rice-Ramsbottom, 43.

Olmstead was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.