Crash in Kimberly partially blocks the road for 2 hours.

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000

Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 6/24/13 – 4:00 pm

Please direct questions to the District Office

On June 24, 2013, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 30 near milepost 224, in Kimberly.

Jose Ortiz, 34 of El Paso, Texas, was driving east in a 2007 Peterbuilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer. Kathy Baker, 57 of Kimberly, was driving west in a 2010 Honda Accord and collided with Ortiz's semi-trailer.

Neither driver was injured. Baker was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence. The westbound lane of U.S. Highway 30 was blocked for approximately two hours while crews cleared the scene.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho