Crash near Shelley sends three to hospital

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Idaho State Police
District 6 1540 Foote Dr.
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402-1828
(208) 525-7377 FAX: (208) 525-7294

For Immediate Release: 11/28/16 1:30 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Monday, November 28, 2016, at approximately 4:08 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, rollover crash on Interstate 15 at milepost 109, near Shelley, Idaho. Eric Brumbaugh Rodriguez, 21, of San Angelo, Texas, was northbound in a 2006 Nissan pickup. Brumbaugh Rodriguez lost control of the vehicle on the icy roads. The vehicle went off the left shoulder into the median and rolled.
A passenger in the vehicle, Morgan Rupp, 22, of West Valley, Utah, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Brumbaugh Rodriguez and another passenger Victoria Atkinson, 19, of Placerville, California were wearing seatbelts. All occupants were transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
One northbound lane was blocked for approximately 4 hours while the crash was investigated.


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