Father Charged After Fatal Crash | Boise News

Boise News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

A father in Meridian faces grim charges after a deadly crash in November 2025 that killed his 10-year-old son and injured two younger children. Accused of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and felony injury to a child, Austin Summers had his bond slashed from $500K to $250K and posted surety, securing his release. The crash, caused when his GMC rear-ended a box truck, involved a son not wearing a seatbelt — a detail Summers admitted to investigators. Complicating matters, a post-crash drug test found cocaine and opiates in his system, and he confessed to using cocaine just days…