Carey Crash Survivor Continues To Heal

Jennifer Mares continues to recover in a hospital in Boise. The 14-year-old Carey High School freshman was getting in her last few hours of driver's education training with another student, 15-year-old Austin Hennefer and her 41-year-old instructor Jeff Mecham, when the trio was involved in an accident with another car.  Austin was killed in the accident that also left Jennifer, her instructor and another man hospitalized. The crash happened early Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 75 about 18 miles west of Carey. Mares underwent surgery Thursday to repair a broken pelvis. She will have to undergo physical therapy to recover from the broken pelvis. Hospital officials say Mecham was listed in critical condition on Friday while the other driver, 45-year-old Sergio Lopez-Rodriguez of Gooding has been downgraded from critical to serious condition. The Blaine County Sheriff’s office is continuing to investigate the accident.