Update-2 Crash Blocking State Highway 50 North East of Kimberly

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 11/18/19 8:08 P.M.
Please direct questions to the District Office

***Updated correction on direction of travel and occupants***

On Sunday, November 17, 2019, Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle, fatality crash eastbound on SH50 at N 3800 E, near milepost 3, east of Kimberly.

Aaron Estrada Arizmedi, 37, of Rupert, was driving eastbound on SH50 in a 2005 GMC Envoy. William Presba, 45, of Twin Falls, was driving northbound on N 3800 E in a 2008 Honda Civic. Presba failed to yield from the stop sign located at the intersection and collided with the GMC Envoy.

Elena Pedraza, 42, of Rupert, was a passenger in the GMC Envoy. Pedraza, Estrada Arizmedi, and three juvenile passengers, from the Envoy were all transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. One juvenile passenger from Envoy was ejected and later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Next of kin has been notified.

All lanes of travel of SH50 were blocked for approximately four and a half hours while crews investigated.

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***Update***

On Sunday, November 17, 2019, Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle, fatality crash eastbound on SH50 at N 3800 E, near milepost 3, east of Kimberly.

Aaron Estrada Arizmedi, 37, of Rupert, was driving eastbound on SH50 in a 2005 GMC Envoy. William Presba, 45, of Twin Falls, was driving westbound on N 3800 E in a 2008 Honda Civic. Presba failed to yield and collided with the GMC Envoy.

Elena Pedraza, 42, of Rupert, was a passenger in the GMC Envoy. Pedraza, Estrada Arizmedi, and another juvenile passenger from the Envoy were all transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. The juvenile passenger was ejected and later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Next of kin has been notified.

All lanes of travel of SH50 were blocked for approximately four and a half hours while crews investigated.


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Idaho State Police is on scene of a crash on eastbound State Highway 50 at N 3800 E, in Twin Falls County, near milepost 3, north east of Kimberly. SH50 is completely blocked. More information will be released as it becomes available.

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