Fatal Crash on US26 East of Shoshone

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 10/18/16 2:45 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

Early this morning, October 18, 2016, the Idaho State Police responded to a crash at 385 E Highway 26, east of Shoshone. Weston Kirkpatrick, age 21 of Hamer, was driving westbound on US26 near milepost 170 when he went off the road on the left side. Kirkpatrick overcorrected, and his vehicle went back across the highway, off the road on the right side, and through a residential fence at 385 E. Hwy 26. The vehicle then rolled, coming to rest in the front yard of the residence. Kirkpatrick was ejected and died at the scene of the crash. He was not wearing his seatbelt. Notification has been made to next of kin.

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