Update Crash Blocks SH78@23

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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: 11/04/17 4:10 A.M.

Please direct questions to the District Office

Update

On Friday, November 3, 2017 at approximately 11:53 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle crash westbound SH78 at milepost 23, in Owyhee county.

Glen T. Welch, 72, of Caldwell, was driving a 2018 Freightliner Tractor pulling a trailer filled with sugar beets. The vehicle veered into the shoulder, overcorrected, and rolled onto its side where it came to rest across both lanes of travel. Welch was wearing a seatbelt.

The lanes were blocked for approximately 4 hours.

4031/3638

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Idaho State Police is responding to a crash westbound State Highway 78 at milepost 23, north of Murphy, ID. The highway is completely blocked.

3642

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho