**Update** – Injury crash on I-86 near Arbon Valley exit in Power County

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Idaho State Police

District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 2

Pocatello, Idaho 83204

(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 10/7/2018 – 1:45 a.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

**Update**

Dean Rottini succumbed to his injuries at Portneuf Medical Center. His family has been notified.

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**End of update**

On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at approximately 8:22 p.m. Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on Interstate 86 at milepost 53, about one mile east of the Arbon Valley exit in Power County.

Dean Rottini, 57, of Toole, Utah, was driving a 2004 Audi TT coupe west on Interstate 86 near milepost 53. Christian Saldana, 21, of American Falls, was driving a 2012 Peterbuilt potato hauler also west on Interstate 86. Rottini's vehicle collided with the rear end of the potato hauler. Both vehicles then came to a stop on the right shoulder of the road.

Rottini was not wearing a seat belt. He was transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Saldana was wearing a seat belt and he was not transported.

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