Crash SH3 @16 L12000673

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CASE # L12000673

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DATE: 8/29/2012 TIME: 3:56 PM LOCATION: Northbound SH3 milepost 16 – near Kendrick,ID

ASSISTING AGENCIES: Latah County Sheriff's Dept.

VEHICLE #1

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DRIVER Garza,Gabriel V AGE 33 Years

ADDRESS Othello,WA

INJURIES? – No

HOSPITAL/LOCATION TAKEN ? N/A

VEHICLE YEAR 2004 VEHICLE MAKE Kenworth VEHICLE MODEL Tractor and trailer

WRECKER Forest Towing

SEATBELTS WORN? Unknown

PASSENGER: None

INCIDENT NARRATIVE: On August 29, 2012, ISP investigated a crash/traffic hazard on SH3 at milepost 16. Gabriel Garza was operating a Kenworth truck owned by Mid-Columbia Transport LLC and towing a trailer owned by Jacklin Seed Co which was loaded with seed, when the trailer suffered a serious structural failure causing the trailer to buckle and collapse near the center. The northbound lane was blocked for approximately 7 hours while Forest Towing, with the assistance of Primeland Cooperative, emptied the contents of the trailer and removed the trailer from the roadway. No injuries were reported.

DSP INITIALS RS

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Posted in District 1 - Northern Idaho, District 2 - Central Idaho