2 Vehicle Crash Near Star

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642

(208) 846-7550

Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 08/11/2015 9:10 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On August 11, 2015, at approximately 4:34 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 16, near Floating Feather Road, just north of Star. Alan Jones, 54, of Caldwell, was driving northbound on Highway 16 in 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Kristina Gonzales, 37, of Oroville, California, had pulled over on the side of the road in a 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup. Gonzales turned left from the right shoulder of northbound State Highway 16 in an attempt to turn around. As Gonzalez was turning, her vehicle was struck on the driver's side by the passenger side of Jones' vehicle.

Jones was transported via ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Eagle. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho