Injury crash on I-86 near Arbon Valley exit in Power County

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 2
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 10/6/2018 - 11:45 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office


On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at approximately 8:22 p.m. Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on Interstate 86 at milepost 53, about one mile east of the Arbon Valley exit in Power County.

Dean Rottini, 57, of Toole, Utah, was driving a 2004 Audi TT coupe west on Interstate 86 near milepost 53. Christian Saldana, 21, of American Falls, was driving a 2012 Peterbuilt potato hauler also west on Interstate 86. Rottini's vehicle collided with the rear end of the potato hauler. Both vehicles then came to a stop on the right shoulder of the road.

Rottini was not wearing a seat belt. He was transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Saldana was wearing a seat belt and he was not transported.


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