Crash WB I84 @ 147 Near Bliss Claims One
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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
Region 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897
For further information, contact Captain Kedrick Wills at (208)324-6000 or (208)736-3070
For Immediate Release: November 1, 2009 11:05 a.m.
Contact: Trooper Pohanka
On November 1, 2009 at approximately 2:47 a.m., Idaho State Police responded to a crash with a report of a body possibly in the lane of travel EB I84 at milepost 147 near Bliss. Avisai Aguilar, age 24 of Gooding, was traveling westbound in a 2002 Ford Escape. For unknown reasons the vehicle went into a broad side slide into the median and then rolled. Monique Aguilar, age 7, and Evan Aguilar, age 6, were both ejected from the vehicle. Evan Aguilar came to rest in the fast lane of the westbound lanes of travel where he died of injuries sustained in the crash. The driver was wearing a seatbelt and the passengers were not. Avisai and Monique were both life flighted to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise with extensive injuries.
Trooper Pohanka was assisted by Trooper Kilton and Gooding County Sheriff's Office. The crash is still under investigation at this time. If anyone drove by the area at the time of the crash and has any information, contact dispatch at 736-3060.
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218 West Yakima
Jerome, ID 83338-5904
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