SANDPOINT — A Coeur d’Alene woman is seeking damages for a collision which Idaho State Police said she caused.

Nazeerah Pearson-Muhammad filed a tort claim against Bonner County after she collided with a county Road & Bridge Truck on Aug. 23.

The collision occurred at the corner of State Highway 53 and Ramsey Road in Kootenai County.

Idaho State Police said Pearson-Muhammad was stopped at Ramsey and turned east onto Highway 53, into the path of the oncoming Freightliner tractor-trailer. The truck’s driver braked in an attempt to avoid the collision but was unsuccessful, an ISP vehicle collision report said.

The truck struck the rear of Pearson-Muhammad’s Saturn compact, sending into the southern shoulder of the highway and into a barbed wire fence, the report said.

Idaho State Police said Pearson-Muhammad’s failure to yield while turning left was the sole contributing circumstance in the crash. The report also indicated the county employee was faultless in the crash and that Pearson-Muhammad would be cited for failing to yield.

However, there is no record of Pearson-Muhammad actually being cited for that offense, according to the Idaho Supreme Court Data Repository. Moreover, an insurance company investigation somehow concluded that the county was 100-percent to blame for the collision, records filed with the tort claim indicate.

Pearson-Muhammad’s claim seeks $3,491 in compensation for the totaling of her Saturn.

The claim was filed in 1st District Court on Tuesday.