Friday, January 8, 2016

**Update**Three vehicle crash eastbound I-84 at milepost 77.5

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642
(208) 846-7550
Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 1/8/2016 2:39 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office


*****UPDATE*****

On Friday, January 08, 2016, at 8:58 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a three-vehicle, fatality crash eastbound I-84 at milepost 77.5, 13 miles west of Mountain Home.

A 2010 Toyota Tacoma was westbound on I-84 when the vehicle left the roadway, crossed the median and entered the eastbound lanes. The Toyota then struck a 1999 Kenworth semi pulling a single flatbed trailer loaded with tires and axles. The Kenworth was being driven by Michael Collins, 53, of Boise. The Toyota came to rest in the eastbound lanes. The semi jackknifed, with the cab coming to rest in the median and the trailer blocking both eastbound lanes. The load came off the trailer, with the tires and axles blocking both east and westbound lanes. James Warren, 44, of Mountain Home, was westbound on I-84 in a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado. Warren swerved to avoid a tire in the lanes and entered the median, where the Chevrolet came to rest.

All occupants were wearing their seatbelts. The driver of the Toyota succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash. Both the passenger of the Toyota and Warren were transported to the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise by ground ambulance. Both eastbound lanes were blocked for approximately an hour and twenty minutes, and the left lane was blocked for an additional twenty minutes. Notification is still being made to next of kin.
The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

KB / SA

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All lanes of travel are open at this time. More information will be released when it becomes available.

KB / JS

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The right lane is open at this time. More information will be released when it becomes available.

KB / JS

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The Idaho State Police are on scene of a two-vehicle crash eastbound I-84 at milepost 77.5, 13 miles west of Mountain Home. Both eastbound lanes are blocked at this time. More information will be released when it becomes available.

KB / LS
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