Fatal Crash I84 East of Twin Falls

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000

Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 9/2/2023 12:53 A.M.

Please direct questions to the District Office

Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Friday, September 1st, 2023, at 3:53 P.M. on eastbound I84 at milepost 179 in Jerome County.

A 2006 Freightliner semi pulling a single trailer, driven by a 49-year-old man from Boise City, Oklahoma, was traveling eastbound and slowed for traffic in the right lane.

A 2021 Freightliner semi pulling a single trailer, driven by a 53-year-old male from Blackfoot, also travelling eastbound in the right lane and collided with the back of the 2006 Freightliner and trailer. The 53-year-old male succumbed to injuries at the scene.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

Eastbound I84 was blocked from milepost 165 to 194 for approximately four hours.

The incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho