Fatality crash near Rupert.

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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: 11/13/15 4:30 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Friday, November 13, 2015, at approximately 10:21 a.m., a two vehicle fatality crash occurred at the intersection of State Highway 25 and 100 East Road, near Rupert. A 2006 Kenworth tractor pulling an empty trailer, driven by Joseph Murray, 31, of Pendleton, OR, was southbound on 100 East Road and failed to yield for a stop sign at the intersection of State Highway 25 (Baseline Road). Robert Paulson, 75, of Rupert, was driving west on State Highway 25, in a 1975 Volkswagen Bug and collided with Murray's tractor.

Paulson succumbed to his injuries at the scene and notification has been made to his family.

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