Update: Commercial Vehicle Crash near Twin Falls

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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: 02/21/17 4:55 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

***Update***

All lanes are open on US93 near mile marker 43, just west of Twin Falls.

ln/sg

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On Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at approximately 1:06 p.m. Idaho State Police investigated crash on U.S. Highway 93 near milepost 43, just west of Twin Falls.

Jon Williams, age 53, of Nampa, was driving southbound in a 1994 Volvo commercial vehicle with a Fleetwood mobile home trailer attached. There were gusts of wind up to 27 mph in the area at the time of the crash. Williams rounded the curve near milepost 43 and a gust of wind dislodged the attached Fleetwood mobile home. The Fleetwood mobile home tipped over and skidded across the two northbound lanes of U.S. 93.

The two northbound lanes of U.S. 93 are currently blocked while the wrecker crew works to clears the scene. Williams was not injured and was wearing his seatbelt.

SC/JMH

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho