The Idaho State Police have begun investigating an accident on a Southern Idaho highway involving a school bus that had been hit by another vehicle and then struck a concrete barrier.
Two days after nine people were arrested at an after-hours protest at the Idaho State Capitol, the Idaho State Police are reporting more arrests on Friday afternoon.
A man from Southern Idaho was traveling on an Idaho highway on Thursday morning when his vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle headed in the wrong direction.
A few of the crashes involved motorcycles, but more than half of them were semi-truck accidents. A more disturbing fact is that all five of the semi-truck-related accidents in the last week happened in the southeast part of the state.
Idaho State police troopers noticed a motorcycle traveling at a high speed and weaving between slower vehicles without using turn signals. A trooper clocked the bike at 115 miles per hour.
Over the last seven days, the Idaho State Police have reported nine accidents on Idaho highways. The majority of the crashes happened in Southern Idaho, and four of them resulted in fatalities.
In a series of recent news releases we received from the Idaho State Police, we learned that they responded to two serious rollover accidents on St. Patrick’s Day. Both accidents happened in Eastern Idaho on the same highway near Rexburg.
Law enforcement in Southern Idaho has reported an accidental gun discharge inside a police car following a response to a report of an armed male near a high school.
The road was closed by the Idaho State Police for a time due to accidents, and then closed for additional time by the Idaho Transportation Department due to blowing dust and wind gusts.
The accident has been updated from an injury accident to fatal now that the driver of the mobility scooter has passed away from injuries sustained in the crash.
The Idaho State Police reported a dangerous weekend of accidents on Idaho highways. They are investigating seven accidents that happened since Friday afternoon.
The Idaho State Police shared the details of two separate accidents near Twin Falls that happened on the final day of February. Both accidents resulted in fatalities.