Woman Killed In Suspected Dui Crash Once Was ‘mother Of The Year’

SPOKANE — With his feet bound in gauze and a plastic brace hugging his neck, Merrill Smith finally spoke Friday morning after five days in the hospital. His sons still were trying to convince him his wife of 49 years isn’t coming back. Judie Smith, 70, died in a crash Sunday night on Bigelow Gulch Road.

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