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Man accused of hitting troopers with pickup to undergo mental evaluation

Credit: Ada County Jail

by KTVB

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 4:14 PM

Updated Friday, Nov 6 at 8:05 AM

 

BOISE -- A Buhl man accused of hitting two parked state police troopers with his pickup truck last month on Interstate 84 was arraigned Thursday.

David Turnovec was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

He was cited on around noon on Oct. 22 by a Boise Police officer for speeding and driving without insurance.

Later that afternoon, police say he targeted the troopers on I-84 without braking and hit them head-on, and even asked them to shoot him.

Both troopers went to the hospital and have since been released.

Turnovec is due back in court on Dec. 10 to enter a plea.

He has been hospitalized for schizophrenia and discharged from the military.

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