ATV crash on Eight Mile Road in Bear Lake County

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Idaho State Police

District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.

Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299

(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 8/27/2012 8:00 pm

Please direct questions to the District Office

On August 27, 2012, at approximately 2:12 pm, Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle injury crash on Eight Mile Road between the Forest Sevice ranger station and the Cold Springs Campground in Bear Lake County.

An 11 year old juvenile of Pocatello, was driving a 1989 Yamaha ATV northbound on Eight Mile Road. Leonard Chandler, 56, of Pocatello, was driving a 2002 Kawasaki ATV southbound on Eight Mile Road. Leonard and the juvenile collided. Leonard Chandler was transported by ground ambulance to Caribou Memorial Hospital and later transported by air ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Neither driver was wearing a helmet.

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Posted in District 5 - Southeastern Idaho