Single Vehicle Injury Crash in Jerome County

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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 Immediate Release: 01/01/2012 4:10 a.m.
Contact: Trooper McConnell

On Sunday, December 31, 2011, at approximately 10:47 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle roll over crash with injuries. Devin Crawford, 18, was traveling west on Interstate 84 at milepost 189.7, near the Valley Road Exit in Jerome County in a 1999 Mitsubishi Galant. For unknown reasons Crawford lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled through the median and came to rest on the shoulder of the eastbound travel lanes. Crawford and two other passengers in the vehicle were wearing seatbelts. They were transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls. A third passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. The third passenger was ejected from the vehicle and transported by air ambulance to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls.

It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in this crash.

The crash is under investigation by Trooper McConnell who was assisted at the scene by Cpl. Hitt and Sgt. Oliver.
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