**Update** One vehicle crash northbound SH-55 at milepost 81.5

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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: 11/9/2015 11:40 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

*****BEGINNING OF UPDATE*****

On Monday, November 09, 2015, at approximately 6:20 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, property damage crash southbound on SH-55 at milepost 80, five miles north of Banks.

Leon Qualls, 63, of Emmett, was southbound on SH-55 in a 2006 Kenworth tractor pulling two trailers. Qualls failed to negotiate a curve in the road, went off the road and hit the jersey barrier on the west side of the road. The semi came to rest blocking the northbound lane. The rear trailer overturned.

Both northbound and southbound lanes were blocked for approximately an hour-and-a-half. The northbound lanes were blocked for approximately two hours after that. Quall was wearing his seatbelt.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

KB / HG

*****END OF UPDATE*****

The Idaho State Police are investigating a one-vehicle, semi crash northbound SH-55 at milepost 81.5. Both northbound and southbound lanes are blocked at this time.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

KB / EH

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