Crash WB I84@29, near Caldwell

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
Region 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford, Meridian 83642
(208) 846-7550
Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 12/07/2009 4:00 pm
Contact: Trooper Matt Smith

At 9:40am, Idaho State Police investigated a crash Westbound I84 at milepost 29 in Caldwell. Katrina Johnston-Garcia, 33 of Ontario,OR, was driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Eastbound when she lost control of her vehicle due to snow and ice on the roadway. Johnston-Garcia traveled off the left shoulder of the Eastbound lanes, went through the median and into the Westbound lanes of travel where she collided with a 2000 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Rodney E Cummings, 41 of Caldwell. Both drivers were transported to St. Alphonsus by ambulance for treatment of their injuries.
The interstate was closed for approximately one and a half hours from 9:40am till 11:00am.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho