Single Vehicle Crash Near Malta

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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: August 8, 2021 4:05 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Sunday, August 8, 2021, at approximately 12:10 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle crash I84 near milepost 256, near Malta.

Nikolay Filipyev, 50, of Portland, Oregon, was driving westbound in a 2016 Volvo semi towing a single trailer. Filipyev failed to negotiate a curve. The semi drove off the shoulder, through the fence, and struck a hillside where it overturned.

Filipyev was transported via air ambulance to Porteuf Regional Medical Center in Pocatello.

The crash is under investigation.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho