Crash on I15 in Bingham County

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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: 01/13/2023 at 3:56 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

Idaho State Police are investigating a vehicle collision that occurred at 10:23 a.m. on January 13, 2023, at southbound I15 at milepost 87, in Bingham County.

A 46-year-old-male of Pocatello was driving a 2018 Freightliner UPS truck northbound on I15 and drove into the median. The truck then drove across the southbound lanes of I15 onto the right shoulder and rolled off the roadway.

The driver was taken to a nearby hospital via air ambulance. The driver was wearing a seatbelt and succumbed to their injuries.

Traffic on I15 was blocked for a short amount of time for the air ambulance.

The incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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Posted in District 5 - Southeastern Idaho