Injury Crash EB I84 East of Payette

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian, ID 83642 (208) 846-7550

Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 07/26/2020 12:42 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 7:09 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash eastbound on I84 at mile marker 6, east of Payette.

German H. Martinez Lopez, 42, of Guatemala, was driving in the eastbound left lane on I84 in a 1993 Toyota pick-up towing a 1987 Toyota pick-up. Orlando J. Garcia, 36, of Middleton, was driving in the right lane in a 2007 Cadillac SUV. The vehicles collided and both pick-up trucks rolled into the median coming to rest on top of each other.

Martinez Lopez was transported by ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario, OR. Garcia was transported by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Martinez Lopez was wearing his seatbelt.

The left lane was blocked for approximately three hours.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho