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Date: 
Monday, March 23, 2015
Area: 
Boise, ID

At around 8:30 a.m., Three vehicles were involved in an accident on Main Street and Whitewater Park Boulevard that sent one adult and five children under the age of ten to the hospital. All of the injured were from one vehicle, and their injuries were deemed non-life-threatening. No more information is available at this time.

Date: 
Friday, March 20, 2015
Area: 
Boise, ID
Craig Hoyt was driving on Interstate 84 when he attempted to change lanes to his left, not seeing that a motorcycle driven by Jesse Watkins, 43, was there. Watkins tried to move over to avoid being hit and sidewipped the car in the lane to his left, driven by Stephan Manning, 29. Watkins lost control of his vehicle and was thrown from it. He was taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center by amublance. Fortunately he was wearing a helmet and other protective gear at the time of the crash.
Date: 
Friday, March 20, 2015
Area: 
Boise, ID

Authorities are investigating a deadly truck and motorcycle collision that occured Friday. Police provided first aid to the motorcyclist until paramedics arrived, but he was taken to a local hospital and died soon after arriving. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet during the time of the crash. We will update this story as more information becomes available.  

Date: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Area: 
Boise, ID

A 15-year-old driver was traveling south on Idaho 167 when they lost control of their vehicle and travelled off the right shoulder. They then overcorrected and veered back into the roadway, crossing into northbound lane. The teen driver then struck a vehicle driven by Christopher Strandage, the impact causing his car to travel off the road as well. Strandage was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. Also in Strandage's car were two passengers Jodi Jewett and a 12-year-old child. All three were taken by ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

Date: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Roberto Martinez was traveling eastbound on Idaho 50 when his vehicle left the road and into an empty silage pond. The vehicle overturned, pinning Martinez under it. Emergency crews were able to remove him so that he could be taken by medical helicopter to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Tyler Depriest was driving a 2008 Kia west on I-84 in Gooding County when he lost control of the vehicle at around 1:45 a.m., entered the median and then the eastbound lanes, at which point he was hit by a 2015 Freightliner semi-trailer truck. Depriest and his passenger, Mariah Morales, both of Killeen, Texas, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi was Nicholas Salazar, 23, of Bethel, New York.
Date: 
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Simon was driving near the Salmon Dam reservoir at about 4:11am to meet up with some friends to camp, when investigators believe he lost control or was disoriented and crashed into reservoir. Witnesses say the car sank very quickly, and by the time Simon was recovered, he had drowned. Investigation continues to determine if anything else caused or contributed to this accident.
Date: 
Friday, March 6, 2015
A man was killed after a car accident on Highway 57 near Priest River, Idaho Friday evening. Charles A. Burke, 58, was driving his Ford Explorer when he drove off the road and crashed into a ditch at approximately 7:15 PM. He was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. Burke was pronounced dead at the scene.
Date: 
Sunday, March 1, 2015
A passenger in an SUV was killed early Sunday morning when the driver lost control on Interstate 84 off-ramp, causing a rollover crash. Bruno Gonzalez Vargas, 21, was traveling eastbound on I-84 when he lost control of his Chevy Blazer near Twin Falls. The SUV rolled over, ejecting both Gonzalez Vargas and his passenger, Adrian Torres, 21, from the vehicle which then caught fire. Torres was pronounced deceased at the crash site. Gonzalez Vargas was transported to a Twin Falls hospital. His condition has not been reported at the time of this report.
Date: 
Saturday, February 21, 2015
A 73-year-old Smithfield man was killed in a snowmobile crash in the Gibson Lakes area on Saturday afternoon. Dennis R. Thompson had climbed a steep hill on his snowmobile. It seems the snowmobile went off a steep drop-off, crashed into trees and came to rest approximately 60 feet below the ridge.