Saturday, May 19, 2012

Injury crash on I-15 near Portneuf Road

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 05/19/2012 5:30 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On May 19, 2012 at approximately 2:00pm, Idaho State Police investigated a one vehicle crash on I-15 at milepost 62 near the Portneuf Road exit. Steven Wade Preston, age 32, of Ririe, Idaho was driving northbound on I-15 when he lost control of his vehicle, ran off the road, and overturned. Preston told police that he was "messing with the radio." Passenger Amanda Heairet, age 18, also of Ririe, was ejected from the vehicle. Passenger Ronald Preston, age 77, of Ririe, and driver Steven Preston were trapped, and needed to be extricated from the vehicle. None of the occupants of the vehicle were wearing seatbelts. They were taken by Life Flight and ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

The north bound lanes of I-15 were blocked for 10 minutes for Life Flight.

The Idaho State Police were assisted by Bannock County Sheriff's Deputies, Bannock County Search and Rescue, and Bannock County EMS personnel.
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