BOISE, Idaho – In observance of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Idaho State Police (ISP), in collaboration with the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), is intensifying its efforts to combat distracted driving across the state. The initiative, focusing on education and enforcement, aims to remind drivers that Idaho […]

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BOISE, Idaho – In observance of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Idaho State Police (ISP), in collaboration with the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), is intensifying its efforts to combat distracted driving across the state. The initiative, focusing on education and enforcement, aims to remind drivers that Idaho […]

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Idaho State Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred at 6:23 a.m. on April 1, 2024 on westbound US20 at milepost 315, near Ucon. A 67-year-old male, from Rigby, was driving a 1991 Nissan pickup westbound on US20 when it drove over a patch of ice on the overpass. The pickup drove through the […]

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Idaho State Police investigated a vehicle versus bicycle collision in Orofino, Idaho, which occurred at 7:54 pm on March 27, 2024. A 19-year-old male from Orofino was wearing dark clothing while riding his bicycle in the westbound lane of US Highway 12, near mile post 42. A 72-year-old female from Orofino was driving westbound in […]

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The Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:07 p.m., March 27, on US Highway 95 at West Elmira Road in North Bonner County, Idaho. The driver of a white Mercury Grand Marquis crossed the double center line and struck a maroon Chevrolet Malibu head-on. Both drivers, in their early […]

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The Idaho State Police are investigating a single vehicle injury crash that occurred Tuesday, March 26,2024, at 11:25 a.m., westbound I86 at milepost 61, near Chubbuck. A 18-year-old female, from Chubbuck, was driving eastbound on I86 in a 2015 Jeep Patriot. She failed to maintain lanes and went into the median and rolled. The vehicle […]

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The Idaho State Police is investigating a single vehicle fatality crash that occurred Sunday, March 24,2024, at 6:30 a.m., northbound I15 at milepost 110.5, near Shelley. A 59-year-old male, from Idaho Falls, was traveling northbound in a 2013 Honda CR-V. The vehicle went into the median and overcorrected. The vehicle then drove across the northbound […]

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Idaho State Police (ISP) detectives, in collaboration with multiple city, county, and federal agencies, continue to actively investigate two homicides believed to be related to the escape of Skylar Meade from Idaho Department of Corrections custody, with assistance from Nicholas Umphenour, shortly after 2 a.m. on March 20, 2024, in Boise, Idaho. After fleeing Boise […]

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MERIDIAN, Idaho – Since 2:00 a.m. yesterday, March 20, 2024, law enforcement agencies across Idaho have investigated and searched for escaped inmate Skylar Meade and shooting suspect Nicholas Umphenour. Just after 2:00 p.m. today, March 21, 2024, law enforcement located and arrested both males in Twin Falls, Idaho after a vehicle pursuit involving multiple law […]

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MERIDIAN, Idaho – Idaho State Police (ISP) is actively collaborating with law enforcement agencies statewide to address the pressing issue of aggressive driving. ISP troopers will increase patrols from March 19th to the 30th to target dangerous driving behaviors. Preliminary data from the Idaho Office of Highway Safety highlights the severity of the problem. Aggressive […]

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