State v. Bock

*299TAYLOR, Justice.

September 18, 1955, at approximately 9 :30 p. m., while driving north on state highway 41, in Kootenai county, defendant (appellant) lost control of his car and it left the highway, injuring appellant and a passenger, Mrs. Dellene D. Louden. Appellant and Mrs. Louden were taken to a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, where Mrs. Louden died the next day without regaining consciousness.

Appellant was belligerent, uncooperative, and refused aid, both at the scene of the accident and at the hospital. At the hospital appellant was asked by the laboratory technician, a police officer, and a…