Fatality Crash on State Highway 25, Just East of Hazelton

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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: 05/29/2021 07:47 PM
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Saturday, May 29, 2021, at 2:33 PM, Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash on State Highway 25 at E 990 S, just east of Hazelton.

Rigoberto Avila Gomez, 46, of Heyburn, was travelling eastbound on State Highway 25 in a 2013 Kenworth tractor pulling an open top ag trailer. Avila Gomez attempted to turn onto E 990 S and failed to yield to a 1999 Suzuki motorcycle travelling westbound. The motorcycle collided with the side of the Kenworth tractor.

The motorcycle rider succumbed to their injuries at the scene of the crash. The rider's identity will not be released at this time pending notifications to next of kin.

The roadway was blocked for approximately 3 and a half hours.

This crash is under investigation by Idaho State Police.

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