Update – Single vehicle fatality crash near Oakley

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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: 09/09/17 3:30 pm

Please direct questions to the District Office

** Update **

On September 9th, 2017, at approximately 7:10 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle rollover located on Birch Creek Rd, approximately 9.5 miles south of Oakley, Idaho.

Dakota Glenn Cantu, Jared Anthony Taylor (ages 25 and 21 respectively, of Burley, Idaho), William Paden Wells, and Tyrell Jakob Smith (ages 20 and 21 respectively, of Oakley, Idaho), were northbound on Birch Creek Road in a maroon 2005 Dodge 1500 pickup.

While negotiating a curve in the roadway, the truck veered off the right side of the roadway and rolled. Cantu, Taylor, and Wells were ejected from the vehicle. Taylor and Smith were transported by air ambulance to the Portneuf Regional Medical Center. Cantu and Wells succumbed to their injuries at scene of the crash.

No occupants were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. It is unknown who was driving the vehicle at this time. Birch Creek Road was closed for approximately five hours. The crash remains under investigation.

** End of Update **

The Idaho State Police is currently investigating a single-vehicle rollover injury crash on Birch Creek Rd approximately nine miles southeast of Oakley.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho