Two Vehicle Crash Westbound I-86 near the Hawthorne Road Overpass in Chubbuck

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 1
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 04/20/19 1:41 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Friday, April 19, 2019, at approximately 9:07 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle crash westbound on Interstate 86 at milepost 60, near the Hawthorne Road overpass in Chubbuck, Idaho.

Victor Carretero Gonzalez, 58, of American Falls, Idaho, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup pulling a 2007 Big Bubba trailer westbound on I-86 in the left lane. Wojciech A. Drogoszewski, 76, of Melbourne, Florida, was driving a 2006 Volvo Semi pulling a 2010 Great Dane trailer westbound on I-86 in the right lane. As Carretero Gonzalez passed the semi, his trailer began to fishtail, and sideswiped Drogoszewski's semi. Carretero Gonzalez's vehicle then struck the guardrail and came to rest blocking both westbound lanes of travel.

The left lane was blocked for approximately fifteen minutes. The right lane was blocked for approximately one hour and fifty-five minutes. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.


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