SANDPOINT, Idaho – A 17-year-old died from injuries sustained during a severe windstorm that struck the region on Wednesday.
According to a press release from the Lake Pend Oreille School District, the teen, identified as Charlie Miller, was a senior at Lake Pend Oreille High School and had previously attended Kootenai Elementary School and Sandpoint Middle School.
The school district reported that Miller was struck by a tree during the storm and was rushed to Sacred Heart in Spokane, where he died from his injuries.
“He was just really a neat young man and we will miss him a lot… Charlie was an amazing kid — always super kind and super friendly and was a student that everybody’s going to miss. I knew him from elementary, all the way through middle school,” said Casey McLaughlin, LPOSD’s director of Secondary Education and Miller’s elementary and middle school principal.
Those interested in supporting the Miller family should contact Lake Pend Oreille High School for more details about how to donate.
