Crash Southbound Interstate 15 at Milepost 25 near Malad Summit

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Idaho State Police

District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 1

Pocatello, Idaho 83204

(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 09/03/2019 8:12 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On September 3, 2019, at 12:58 p.m. Idaho State Police investigated a crash southbound Interstate 15 at milepost 25, near Malad Summit.

Erika R. Larkin, 21, of Nibley, UT, was driving southbound on I15 near milepost 25 in a 2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette, when her vehicle went off the right shoulder and rolled. After the driver exited the vehicle, the vehicle caught fire which then caught the surrounding field on fire. Downey, McCammon, Oneida, Arimo, BLM, and U.S. Forest Service fire departments are all still on scene.

Larkin was transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center.

The right lane was blocked for approximately two hours.

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Posted in District 5 - Southeastern Idaho