*** Final Update *** Injury Crash on SH72

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642

(208) 846-7550

Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 03/08/2015 4:15 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

*** Final Update ***

On Sunday, March 8, 2015, at approximately 7:13 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle fatality crash at the junction of State Highway 72 and US30, south of New Plymouth, ID.

Phillip L. Vanderpool, 81, of Wilder, ID, was driving northbound on US30 in a 1999 GMC Suburban. Fernando Monjares Jr., 31, of Morse, TX, was driving southbound in a 2011 Ford pickup, rounding a curve on US30. Vanderpool failed to yield at a stop sign on US30 and collided with Monjares. Vanderpool and his passenger, Velma R. Vanderpool, 76, of Wilder, ID, succumbed to their injuries at the crash scene. Monjares and his passenger, Oscar Sanchez Talamantes, 49, of Del Rio, TX, were transported by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Clinic – Family Medicine, in Fruitland, ID.

Neither Vanderpools were wearing seatbelts. Monjares and Sanchez Talamantes were wearing seatbelts.

Next of kin has been notified.

The road was blocked for approximately 5 hours.

This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

KM / DO

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The Idaho State Police is responding to an injury crash on SH72, near the intersection of US30, just south of New Plymouth. The road is currently blocked due to the crash. Motorists are advised to avoid the area. More information will be released as it becomes available.

JW / DO

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho