Saturday, December 5, 2009

**UPDATE** Major Traffic Blockage in King Hill Area

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
Region 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford, Meridian 83642
(208) 846-7550
Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 12/05/09 4:30 pm
Contact: ISP Dispatch

Idaho State Police, Elmore County Sheriff, and Idaho Department of Transportation responded to a weather related, multiple vehicle crash eastbound on I84 at mile marker 129 in the King Hill Area.

Twenty-two vehicles were involved, six of which were commercial vehicles. Six people were transported, treated, and released for non-life threatening injuries. Due to the crash the eastbound interstate was closed for approximately six hours, traffic was diverted at milepost 120. The interstate is now open. One vehicle lost approximately seventy-five gallons of diesel fuel into the Snake River.

Further information will be released as it becomes available.


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