Injury Crash on Crestview Road in Jerome County

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 2/3/2015 5:07 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Monday, February 2, 2015, at approximately 10:56 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, injury crash at Crestview Road and 990 S in Jerome County. Abraham Cervantes, 22, of Hazelton, was southbound on Crestview Road in a 1997 Dodge Caravan. Cervantes failed to negotiate a curve, and the vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a fence.

Ricardo Lopez, 22, of Jerome, was a passenger in the vehicle. He was transported to the Minidoka Memorial Hospital by ground ambulance, and later flown to the University of Utah Medical Center by air ambulance.

Neither Cervantes nor Lopez were wearing their seatbelts. The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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