Two vehicle injury crash SH31 at milepost 1.5, near Swan Valley

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Idaho State Police
District 6 1540 Foote Dr.
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402-1828
(208) 525-7377 FAX: (208) 525-7294

For Immediate Release: 06/14/2019 6:01 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Friday, June 14, 2019, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on SH-31 at milepost 1.5, near Swan Valley.

Charles Rice, 73, of Fairview, North Carolina, was driving southbound in a 2019 Kia Niro. Jacob Cohen, 22, of Missoula, Montana, was driving northbound in a 2005 Subaru Outback. The Kia crossed the center line and the vehicles collided.

Rice, his passenger Sharon Rice, 71, of Fairview, North Carolina, and Cohen were all transported via ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Both Charles and Sharon Rice were wearing seatbelts; it is unknown at this time if Cohen was wearing a seatbelt.


The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police and were assisted at the scene by the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office, Idaho Falls Ambulance, and the Swan Valley Fire Department.


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