Injury crash eastbound US 26 at mile marker 292

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Idaho State Police

District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.

Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299

(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 7/8/2015 5:42 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at approximately 2:18 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle rollover crash eastbound US-26 at milepost 292, 13 miles west of Blackfoot.

Devany Orr, 26, of Arco, was westbound on US-26 in a 2001 Ford Focus. The vehicle went off the right shoulder, back onto the roadway and rolled, coming to rest on its wheels in the lane of travel. Orr was ejected from the vehicle. Her passenger, Steven McKenzie, 29, of Moore, remained inside the vehicle. Neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt.

Orr was transported to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by air ambulance. McKenzie was transported to the same hospital by ground ambulance.

Both lanes were blocked for approximately 3 hours.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

KB / HG

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Posted in District 5 - Southeastern Idaho