One-vehicle crash eastbound US30 at milepost 366, west of Lava Hot Springs

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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: 6/27/2019 6:00 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at approximately 3:43 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle, injury crash eastbound US30 at milepost 366, four miles west of Lava Hot Springs.

Lucretia Thomas, 77, of Jerome, was westbound on US30 at milepost 366 in a 2011 Dodge Dakota pickup. The Dodge went off the right shoulder, overcorrected and lost control. The Dodge then crossed the roadway and went off the left shoulder, where it struck an embankment.

Thomas and one of her juvenile passengers were not wearing seatbelts; the other juvenile was. All three occupants were transported to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello by ground ambulance. The right lane was blocked for approximately one hour.

The crash is under investigation by Idaho State Police.

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