Officer Involved Crash in Nampa

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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: 06/16/15 12:32 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On June 15, 2015, at approximately 5:36 p.m., a Nampa Police Department officer was driving east on Garrity Boulevard in a marked patrol vehicle en route to an emergency call. The officer was near the intersection of Garrity Boulevard and Sugar Road when Juanita Valenzuela, 39, of Nampa, driving a 2007 Lexus 250, entered the intersection colliding with the patrol vehicle. Valenzuela was transported via ground ambulance to St. Alphonsus Health Plaza in Nampa. Valenzuela?s passenger, Roberto Mier-Leon, 31, of Caldwell, was not injured. The right lane of eastbound traffic was blocked for approximately 2 hours while crews worked to clear the scene. All occupants were wearing their seatbelts.

This crash is under investigation by Idaho State Police.

BO / KL

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho