Friday, April 8, 2011

**UPDATED** Two Vehicle Crash Near Wendell

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
Region 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897
For further information, contact Capt. Robert Storm at (208) 324-6000 or (208) 736-3070

For Immediate Release: 04/07/11 10:30 pm
Contact: Trooper Comorosky

On Thursday, April 7, 2011 at approximately 5:46 pm., Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle injury crash westbound on I84 at milepost 158 in Gooding County.

Katelyn Smith, 16, of Bliss,ID was traveling eastbound on I84 in a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am when, for unknown reasons, she crossed into the median, went airborne and into the westbound lanes of traffic . She struck a 2001 Toyota Camry being driven westbound by Jacob Coleman-Pierce, 21, of Wendell, ID.

Smith and one passenger in her vehicle , Demi Delcambre, 17, of Hagerman, ID, were taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise. Two other passengers in her vehicle, Hayley Eamigh, 17, of Hagerman, ID and Joshua Duane, 19, of Bliss, ID, were taken by ground ambulance to North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding. Coleman-Pierce and the other two occupants in his vehicle, Benjamin Berria, 25, of Twin Falls and Andy Collins, 20, of Wendell, ID were not seriously injured. The medical status of Smith, Delcambre, Eamigh and Duane is unknown at this time.

It is unknown if the occupants of the Pontiac were wearing seatbelts. Coleman-Pierce, Berria and Collins were wearing seatbelts.

This crash is still under investigation by Trooper Comorosky who was assisted at the scene by Trooper N. Walker, Trooper Debie, Sergeant Thompson, Lieutenant Haight, Gooding County Deputies, Wendell Police Department, Gooding County EMS, Fire and QRU personnel and ITD personnel. The westbound lanes were closed for approximately 20 minutes while the air ambulance landed.
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