Fatality Crash SH6@34.4

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PRESS RELEASE FOR DISTRICT ONE CASE # C15001065

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DATE: 06/26/2015 TIME: 06:09 LOCATION: EB SH6@34.4

ASSISTING AGENCIES: Benewah County Sheriff's Office

VEHICLE #1
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DRIVER Danny Boyd AGE 49
ADDRESS Lewiston, ID
INJURIES? - Fatal
HOSPITAL/LOCATION TAKEN N/A
VEHICLE YEAR 1985 VEHICLE MAKE Kenworth VEHICLE MODEL Tractor and log trailer
WRECKER Buell Trucking
SEATBELTS/HELMET WORN? No



INCIDENT NARRATIVE: Boyd was travelling Eastbound on SH6 when he failed to maintain his lane and struck a concrete barrier. The trailer, full of logs, separated from the truck. The truck went off the road, down the embankment, overturned and was submerged in five feet of water.

The crash is still under investigation.


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