Father charged in son’s fatal I-84 crash faces new misdemeanor charge

A Meridian father facing felony charges in the 2025 crash that killed his 7-year-old son is now facing a separate misdemeanor charge in Valley County after posting bond in the original case.

Court records show Austin Summers was charged on Aug. 31 with failure to stop for a damage accident, which is a misdemeanor. The new charge came less than two weeks after Summers posted a $250,000 surety bond on Aug. 18 in his Canyon County case.

Details about what led to the new charge were not immediately available…

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