Fatal crash Kendrick Grade SH3 @15.8 (District Two)

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PRESS RELEASE FOR DISTRICT TWO CASE # L14000821

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DATE: September 1, 2014 TIME: 11:36 am LOCATION: SB SH3 MP15.8 - Kendrick Grade

ASSISTING AGENCIES: Latah County Sheriff

VEHICLE #1
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DRIVER Kreg S. Hokanson AGE 43
ADDRESS- Troy, ID
INJURIES- Fatal
LOCATION TAKEN - Shorts Funeral Home
VEHICLE YEAR 1981 VEHICLE MAKE Kenworth VEHICLE MODEL: semi tractor hauling a grain trailer
WRECKER - Forests Towing
SEATBELTS- No



INCIDENT NARRATIVE:
Hokanson was southbound when the brakes of his semi truck failed coming down the Kendrick grade. He went off the right shoulder into the ditch, came back on the road and overturned on the corner. The truck slid across the road into the jersey barrier, pinning Hokanson inside the cab of the semi. Next of kin has been notified.



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