4Th Victim Dies From Crash In Idaho

MOSCOW, Idaho - A crash involving a tractor-trailer rig last week that killed three mothers has now claimed a fourth victim.

Carter Knoke, 10 months old, died Friday in a Spokane hospital of injuries suffered in Wednesday's crash.

The baby had been in critical condition since the crash that killed his mother, Melody Cook, 25, of Genesee, Idaho.

They were in a car driven by Jennifer Knoke, 27, of Moscow, who also died in the crash. Knoke was 5 months pregnant with her fourth child.

The other victim was Linda Lindberg, 48, a Spokane Valley mother and grandmother, who was driving a separate vehicle.

The truck driver, Geoffrey Johnston, 46, of Caldwell, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of vehicular manslaughter, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $2,000 fine for each count. He is being held on $75,000 bail.

He will now face a fourth charge of vehicular manslaughter.