**Update 2** - Fatality crash on Highway 34 near the Wyoming border

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 2
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 9/7/18 - 1:00 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office



***Update 2***

On Friday, September 7, 2018 at approximately 6:48 a.m. Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, head-on crash on State Highway 34 at milepost 107.7, about 6 miles west of the Idaho-Wyoming border in southeast Idaho.

A 2018 Dodge travel van was eastbound on Highway 34 near milepost 107 when the vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 1993 Kenworth semi-truck pulling a trailer. Both vehicles came to rest on the shoulder of the road.

The two occupants in the van succumbed to their injuries at the scene of the crash. Their names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The driver of the commercial vehicle, Michael Garvin, 62, of Idaho Falls, was not transported.

The highway was blocked for about three hours, when one lane was cleared for traffic. The highway was completely clear at about 11:30 a.m.


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***Update 1***


One lane of State Highway 34 is now open to all traffic. Investigators are still on scene. Please use caution when traveling through the area.


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Idaho State Police and emergency responders from Caribou County are on scene of a fatality crash on State Highway 34 near milepost 109, about 4 miles west of the Wyoming border.

The highway is blocked by a commercial vehicle involved in the crash. At this time light duty vehicles (cars and pickups) are able to make it through the scene, but heavy duty commercial vehicles are not.

Updates will be provided when they are available.

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