Injury Crash Blocks SH19

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

For Immediate Release: 09/25/15 01:38 A.M.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Thursday, September 24, at approximately 7:00 P.M., Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle injury crash on State Highway 19 near milepost 14, near Greenleaf.

Jonathan Ruiz-Sanchez, 18, of Caldwell, ID, was driving southbound on Notus Road, in a 1986 Freightliner. Ruiz-Sanchez failed to yield to a stop sign and drove in to the intersection of Notus Road and SH19. Luke Durflinger, 35, of Caldwell, ID, was driving westbound on SH19, in a 1982 Commercial Ford truck hauling onions. Durflinger struck the Freightliner on the driver side. The Ford truck overturned onto its side spilling its load of onions and blocking SH19.

Both drivers were transported by ground ambulance to West Valley. Neither Driver was wearing a seat belt.

SH19 was blocked for approximately five and a half hours.


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