fatalities

Sunday was not a good day for Idaho State Police. They responded to 2 separate fatal incidents.

What sadly is happening in Idaho needs to stop though, and that is that far too many fatal incidents are occurring and it needs to end before it is too late.

On Westbound I-84 a woman from Marsing driving a 2015 Toyota Highlander collided with a pedestrian crossing the lanes.

State transportation officials are asking motorists to drive safe on Idaho roads as the 100 Deadliest Days begins with the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The rapids are incredibly turbulent due to the fact that the river flow is forced through a 40-foot opening at the top of one of the falls, making the water too dangerous to navigate by boat or kayak. Expedition teams of the past found this fact out the hard way.

My advice to people planning to visit the park soon is to pay attention, and not become one of these statistics. Cameras have zoom lenses for a reason.

A total of 92 people lost their lives on Idaho roads between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends known as the 100 Deadliest Days. According to the Idaho Department of Transportation, that is ten more people killed in motor vehicle crashes than in 2020.

Over the past three decades, there have been an average of more than 40 human fatalities caused by lightning, according to information shared by the National Weather Service.

A total of 12 people lost their lives on Idaho roads during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The time known as the "100 Deadliest Days" began on Monday, and will last through the Labor Day holiday.

Fewer people died on Idaho road this year compared to 2019 during what is called the "100 Deadliest Days of Summer" between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

State transportation numbers show the number of people killed on Idaho roads is down from last year

Florida, California and Texas account for 40% of cyclist deaths in the US, according to the findings.

State police reported several fatal crashes during the Labor Day holiday weekend that is considered the end of the "100 Deadliest Days."

It sounded like fireworks. At least it did to Jessica Ward. She and her friend were leaving the concert at the Mandalay Bay Casino on Sunday night when she heard the popping. They looked back and didn’t see fireworks. Then police went passed them holding guns. That was when they knew those weren’t fireworks. Those were gunshots. “I started to run, got behind a brick wall and we ducked down,” Ward said.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal investigators say a plane that slammed into a Utah highway started making unusual sounds during takeoff and apparently struggled to stay at altitude before the crash that killed four people.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Transportation Department says the number of crashes involving teen drivers is on the rise.

Idaho officials are getting some good news from the National Safety Council…the number of traffic fatalities continues to drop.  In fact, if statistics prove true, Idaho could be the top state in the nation in the decline of traffic fatalities.