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ISP seeks info, video of fatal crash

CAROLINE LOBSINGER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 5 months AGO
by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
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NAPLES — Idaho State Police is seeking information in connection to a Saturday crash that claimed the lives of two people.

Specifically of interest to the agency is information or video showing a dark blue Ford F-150 pickup truck that was witnessed turning westbound onto Schoolhouse Road from the northbound lane on U.S. 95 around the time of the crash, which happened just before 5 p.m.

ISP said the driver of a white 2019 Toyota SUV, a 73-year-old Boundary County resident, died at the scene of the three-vehicle crash. State police reported that the man's 71-year-old female passenger succumbed to her injuries Monday.

ISP officials said the accident occurred when a commercial motor vehicle driven by a 24-year-old male from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, was northbound in a 2023 red Freightliner with a reefer trailer on the highway when he lost control when he had to brake suddenly to avoid stopped vehicles. The semi skidded into the southbound lane, striking two passenger vehicles head-on. 

The first vehicle impacted was the Toyota SUV, driven by the 73-year-old male with the 71-year-old female passenger, both Boundary County residents. The second passenger vehicle struck was a white 2011 Kia Sorento driven by a 33-year-old man from Athol. He sustained minor injuries and was released at the scene.

The commercial driver was uninjured. 

Everyone involved was wearing seat belts. The highway was blocked for nearly five hours.

The crash remains under investigation.

Witnesses are asked to call 208-209-8730.

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