Crash Claims One on Interstate 15 Near Pocatello

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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: 03/05/2017 11:36 am
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Sunday, March 5, 2017, at approximately 2:25 A.M., the Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, fatality crash on northbound Interstate 15 near milepost 72, in Pocatello, ID.

Connie Mathews, age 29, of Blackfoot, ID, was driving north on I15 in a 2003 Toyota Camry. Mathews drove off the right shoulder rolling the Toyota Camry. Mathews was ejected from the vehicle and succumbed to her injuries at the scene of the crash. Mathews' next of kin has been notified.


Both northbound lanes of I15 were blocked for approximately two hours.



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