Crash in Elmore County

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For Immediate Release: 5/22/2022 1:20 A.M.
Please direct questions to the District Office

Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision that occurred on 05/21/2022 at 5:18 P.M. in Elmore County.

A 36-year-old male from Mountain Home, was driving a 2007 Pontiac G6 southbound on SH51. A juvenile from Mountain Home, was driving a 2000 Honda Accord eastbound on Old Grandview Highway. The juvenile appears to have failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by the Pontiac. Neither driver was wearing their safety restraint. Both drivers were transported by ground ambulance to local hospitals.

Traffic on SH51 was blocked for approximately two hours and forty minutes, allowing emergency responders to assist those involved and clear the scene.

This crash remains under investigation by Idaho State Police.

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