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Associated Press - December 10, 2009 5:54 PM ET
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - An Idaho man accused of striking two Washington State University students with his car has been charged with two counts of vehicular assault and two counts of hit & run.
Daniel Noble of Moscow was also charged Wednesday with one count of resisting arrest during a bizarre court appearance in which he refused to sit behind his desk and then sat with his hands in a prayer-like position.
The two pedestrians, Neil Waldbjorn of Malaga, Wash., and Hogun Hahm of Pullman, each suffered a broken leg and are in satisfactory condition at Pullman Regional Hospital.
Whitman County Superior Judge David Frazier ordered Noble to undergo a mental analysis to determine if he should remain in jail as a danger to himself and the public.
Noble's attorney, Mark Moorer, said Noble's job as a financial specialist in the University of Idaho's Trust and Investment Office kept him up around the clock, so Noble drank coffee and energy drinks -- enough caffeine to potentially cause him to act out of character.
Moorer told the judge that Noble's wife said she noticed a change three days before the incident.
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