Crash North of Blackfoot Injures One, Blocks I15 Traffic

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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: 4/29/2022 11:39 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

Idaho State Police is investigating a crash that occurred at 4:39 p.m. on April 29, 2022, on I15 at milepost 98, north of Blackfoot.

A 66-year-old man from Shelley was driving southbound on I15 in a Chevrolet pickup pulling a trailer. A 51-year-old man from Idaho Falls was driving northbound in a Dodge pickup with two passengers. A 61-year-old man from Morgan, UT was also northbound in a Toyota Corolla.

The trailer being pulled by the Chevrolet began to fishtail and became disengaged from the truck. It crossed the median into the northbound lanes, where it side-swiped the Dodge truck and was struck head-on by the Toyota. The Dodge crossed the median and southbound lanes and came to rest on the right shoulder of the southbound Interstate. The Toyota went off the right shoulder of the northbound lanes and rolled. The driver was transported to a nearby hospital.

All parties involved were wearing seatbelts. There were two secondary crashes nearby, one northbound, and one southbound. As a result of the three crashes, the right lane of northbound I15 was partially blocked for over two hours. The southbound lanes were not blocked, but traffic slowed significantly and was backed up for about two hours. This incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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