Update on Injury Crash in Blackfoot

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 08/19/2013 2:10 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

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On Monday, August 19, 2013, at approximately 9:36 a.m. the Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 91 and E Pacific Street in Blackfoot. Shane M. Mitchell, 25 years old of Firth, was turning from E. Pacific Street on to U.S. Highway 91 to travel north bound in a 1988 Ford F150 Pickup.

Richard R. Williams, 72 years old of Blackfoot, was crossing U.S. Highway 91 on a motorized wheelchair at a crosswalk when he was struck and pinned under Mitchell's vehicle. Williams was extricated and taken by ground ambulance to Bingham Memorial and later transported to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

U.S. Highway 91 was blocked and rerouted for emergency crews for approximately three hours. This crash is still under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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The Idaho State Police is currently investigating an injury crash in the intersection of U.S. Highway 91 and E Pacific Street in Blackfoot. U.S. Highway 91 is blocked by law enforcement and traffic is being rerouted. More information will be provided once it becomes available.

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