Fatality Crash Near Gooding

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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: 05/15/2017 at 6:37 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Monday, May 15, 2017, at approximately 1:32 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle, fatality crash at the intersection of State Highway 46 and E 1950 S, near Gooding.

Richard McClure, 50, of Bellevue, ID, was traveling northbound on State Highway 46 in a 2007 GMC Sierra pickup, when the vehicle traveled off the west side of the road, went airborne, and crashed on the north side of the canal.

McClure succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash. Next of kin has been notified. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The Idaho State Police was assisted by the Gooding County Sheriff's Office.

This crash is currently under investigation.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho