Vehicle Fire on Interstate 84 in Meridian

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian, ID 83642

For Immediate Release: 11/18/2020 10:28 PM

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On November 18, 2020, at approximately 7:00 PM, Idaho State Police investigated a commercial vehicle fire, westbound on Interstate 84, just before exit 44, in Meridian.

Tejinderpal Sooch, 39, of Abbotsford, British Columbia was driving westbound on Interstate 84 in a 2017 Freightliner tractor pulling a 2021 Utility van refrigerated trailer loaded with vegetables. Sooch noticed a small fire in his rear view mirror and stopped in the left hand emergency lane. He disconnected the tractor from the trailer before the trailer became fully engulfed in flames.

The left lane of westbound traffic will continue to be blocked until the tow crew completes recovery and cleanup of the semi-trailer.

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Posted in District 3 - Western Idaho