Update – Fatal Crash 13 W 300 N, North of Jerome

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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: 9/13/23 11:15 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

***Update***

Correction, the vehicles were driving eastbound on 300 N.

The team who recovered the driver is the Gooding County Swift Water Rescue Team.

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Idaho State Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 3:09 a.m., on Sunday, September 10, 2023, on 13 W 300 N, in Jerome County.

A 21-year-old male and his 27-year-old male passenger, both of Ketchum, traveling eastbound on 300 N near North Road, driving a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. The driver failed to negotiate the curve, drove up the embankment, and into the canal. Both occupants self-extricated, however, the driver drowned.

Divers with the Cassia County Sheriff's Office dive team searched for several hours and recovered the Hyundai but were unable to locate the driver. The driver was located and recovered on 9/13/2023 by Gooding County Swift Water Rescue Team.

This incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

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