Friday, July 29, 2016

**Update *** Multiple crashes I-15 at 93

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 07/30/2016 12:30 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

At 4:00 p.m. on July 29, 2016, the Idaho State Police investigated a three-vehicle injury crash northbound on I15 at milepost 93, in Blackfoot. Kathleen Wagoner, age 55 of Dubois was travelling northbound on I15, approaching slowing traffic in a GMC Envoy. Wagoner struck a Ford Fusion driven by Megan Okelberry, age 30 of Blackfoot. Okelberry's vehicle was pushed into a Toyota Avalon driven by Sara Patterson, age 21 of High Point, NC. Okelberry and her passenger, Martin Okelberry, age 33 of Blackfoot, were transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Wagoner was transported by a private vehicle, also to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.




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Idaho State Police is currently investigating multiple crashes with blockage, northbound on I-15 at milepost 93. More information will be released once it is available.

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