Crash on I15 North of Arimo - Update

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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: 07/16/20 2:10 a.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

***Update***

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at 4:49 pm, Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle injury crash northbound on Interstate 15 milepost 42, north of Arimo.

Igor Belousov, 48, of Blacklick, OH, was traveling northbound in the right lane in a 2021 Freightliner hauling a single box trailer that was empty. Braxton Buffat, 28, of Phoenix, AZ, was traveling northbound in the left lane in a 2015 silver Toyota Corolla. Belousov started to move over to the left lane where Buffat's vehicle was driving. Buffat drove off the left shoulder, came back into the left lane, and struck the side of Belousov's vehicle. Buffat's vehicle spun around and came to rest on the on the right shoulder. Belousov's vehicle spun around, become airborne, and landed on the driver's side of the vehicle on the right shoulder. Belousov was transported by air ambulance to Portnuef Medical Center in Pocatello. Buffat's passenger, Madison Smith, 23, of Pocatello, was transported by ground ambulance to Pornuef Medical Center. Everyone was wearing their seatbelts.

Northbound lanes were blocked for seven hours. This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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***Update***

All lanes of traffic are open.

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***Update***

The northbound left lane is open, the right lane is still blocked.

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Idaho State Police is on location of a injury crash northbound on I15 milepost 42, north of Arimo. All northbound lanes are blocked at this time.

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