Prosecutors say an Idaho man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia was traveling at high speed when he intentionally smashed his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median.
Records show 29-year-old David Turnovec (Turn-oh-vitch) was cited hours before the crash by a Boise motorcycle police officer for speeding and driving without insurance.
Prosecutors have charged Turnovec with three felonies stemming from Thursday's crash on Interstate 84 east of Boise that injured both officers. Sgt. Chris Duggan was hospitalized in serious condition, while Cpl. John Vance was treated and released Thursday.
Turnovec was arraigned on two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and one count of using a deadly weapon during a felony.
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