Injury Crash South Of Horseshoe Bend

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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: 06/24/2016 8:45pm
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Friday, June 24, 2016, at 2:15pm, Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle injury crash southbound on SH55 at mile marker 56.5, south of Horseshoe Bend.

Virgil P. Ayers, 86, of Murray, UT, was driving southbound on SH55 in a 2004 Buick Rainier when he drove off the road. Ayers overcorrected causing the vehicle to roll coming to rest on the driver's side.

Ayers was transported by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Valley Medical Center in Boise. His adult male passenger was also transported by ground ambulance. Both were wearing their seatbelts.

Both lanes of SH55 were blocked for about an hour and half.

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