Crash I-84 near Gowen exit 57

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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: Monday- January 29, 2018 11:55 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Monday, January 29, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle, rollover crash on I-84 near exit 57, the Gowen Road exit.

Magen Merkle, 41, of Meridian, was driving westbound in a 2011 Ford transit van. The van drifted off the shoulder where she overcorrected and the van overturned.

Merkle was wearing a seatbelt and transported by ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. The exit ramp was blocked for approximately 30 minutes while crews worked to clear the scene.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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