Saturday, May 28, 2016

Final update: Fatality Crash near Hollister

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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: Saturday May 28,2016 11:50 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

*******Final Update********

On Saturday, May 28, 2016, at 4:55 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle fatality crash on US-93 at milepost 30, north of Hollister.

Bennett Lawton, 26, of Wendell, was driving southbound in a 2015 Honda Civic. Hilario Ojeda-Salazar, 55, of Bakersfield, California, was driving northbound in a 2006 Peterbuilt semi truck with a single trailer. The Honda crossed the center line and collided with the semi.

Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts. Lawton succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash.

US-93 was blocked in both directions for five hours and fifteen minutes while crews worked to clear the scene.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

HG/JS

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All lanes are back open at this time.

HG/JS

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The Idaho State Police is currently investigating a crash on US-93 at milepost 30, three miles north of Hollister. The lanes are completely blocked at this time.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

HG/JS
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