Friday, June 14, 2019

Fatality Crash Near Chubbuck

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 1
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: Friday- June 14, 2019 8:50 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Friday, June 14, 2019, at approximately 3:50 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle, fatality crash on Philbin Rd. near Siphon Rd., in Chubbuck.

Carlos Lopez, 27, of Aberdeen, was driving northbound on Philbin Rd. in a 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer. The vehicle went off the right shoulder where Lopez overcorrected. The car went back across the roadway, off the left shoulder, where it rolled. It came to rest on its wheels, and caught on fire. Lopez was ejected from the vehicle and succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Lopez was not wearing a seatbelt.

Next of kin has been notified.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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