Rollover crash south of Aberdeen

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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: 07/21/12 09:00 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On July 21, 2012, at approximately 4:00 a.m. the Idaho State Police investigated a fatal crash northbound on State Highway 39 at mile marker 10.5, north of the Bingham and Power County line. Gabriel Gonzalez-Rivas, 28 of Aberdeen, was headed north in a 1999 Land Rover Range Rover when he attempted to pass another vehicle. Gonzalez-Rivas' vehicle went off the left side of the road where he overcorrected. The vehicle came back on the road and began to skid across both lanes of travel where it rolled multiple times. Neither Gonzalez-Rivas, nor his passenger Pedro Gonzalez-Serna, 33 of Aberdeen, were wearing their seatbelts and both were ejected. Gonzalez-Rivas was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the crash. Gonzalez-Serna was transported by air ambulance to Portneuf Medical center in Pocatello where he is in critical condition. The highway was blocked for a short amount of time for the air ambulance to land. Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in this crash.

This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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