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Injury Crash on U.S. Highway 95 near Weiser

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642

(208) 846-7550

Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 06/04/2018 at 10:45 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On June 2, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle injury crash northbound U.S. Highway 95 at Indianhead Road, in Weiser.

James Reed, 57, of Weiser, ID, was driving a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on U.S. Highway 95, when traffic slowed for other vehicles turning west onto Indianhead Road. Reed failed to slow for traffic and crossed into the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 95. Reed struck a 2018 commercial vehicle pulling a single trailer driven by Yunieski Riveron Gonzalez, 35, of Houston, TX head on. Reed was transported by ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, ID.

Riveron Gonzalez was wearing a seatbelt. The southbound and northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 95 were blocked for approximately two and a half hours while crews worked to clear the scene. The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho

Please direct questions to:

District 3
Southwestern Idaho

700 S. Stratford Dr.
Meridian, ID 83642
Phone: (208) 846-7550
Fax: (208) 846-7520

Serving Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, Valley, and Washington Counties.