Injury crash on SH-25 at milepost 27.6, east of Hazelton

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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: 2/7/2015 8:32 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Saturday, February 7, 2015, at approximately 5:26 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle, injury crash on SH-25 at milepost 27.6, east of Hazelton. Joe Yost, 63, of Murtaugh, was eastbound on SH-25 on a 1983 Yamaha Venture motorcycle. Yost failed to negotiate a curve and went off the left shoulder of the road, where the motorcycle overturned. Yost was thrown from the motorcycle.

Yost was wearing a helmet. He was transported to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center by ground ambulance. The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

KB / EH

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho