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Date: 
Sunday, March 30, 2014

A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday in Shoshone.

The driver was traveling south on U.S. Highway 93 about 6:30 p.m. when he missed a curve in the road and hit a pole.

The Idaho State Police identified him as 32-year-old Johnathon Jackson of Shoshone. Police told news outlets that the driver's speed and the reason for the crash are unknown.

Shoshone police, Lincoln County sheriff's deputies and Idaho State Police responded. The Idaho State Police are investigating.

Date: 
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Area: 
Boise, ID

A motorcyclist suffered what appears to be life-threatening injuries after colliding with a sport utility vehicle on West Overland Road just before noon today, according to Boise Police.

Officers on scene say the man was transported to the hospital.

The crash happened at 11:50 a.m. at Overland and South Biggs Street, just west of South Curtis Road.

Overland Road is down to one lane in each direction while police investigate.

A blue, smaller SUV has significant damage to the rear door on the passenger side of the vehicle.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Idaho State Police said an elderly couple was injured in a crash on US 12 Thursday afternoon.

Authorities said Claud Umphenour, 81 was going east on US 12 when he crossed the centerline. He continued across the westbound lane, drove off the shoulder and hit a pump house.

Officials said Claud and his passenger Maxine Umphenour, 78, were both transported to Clearwater Valley Hospital and then taken by life flight to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Lewiston.

Authorities said they were not wearing seatbelts.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Authorities in eastern Idaho are investigating a collision between a passenger vehicle and a train south of Pocatello that injured a 21-year-old man.

Idaho State Police say Ryan Lish of Downey collided with the moving Union Pacific train at about 7 p.m. Thursday while driving a 1989 Honda Accord.

Police say the collision occurred at Blackrock Road and Old Highway 91.

Lish was transported to Portneuf Medical Center by ground ambulance.

A hospital spokeswoman on Friday said he was listed in critical condition.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Area: 
Boise, ID

Both lanes of westbound Interstate 84 are now open after five vehicles crashed Thursday afternoon.

The accident involved four vehicles and a semi truck. It happened near the Stage Stop, exit 71.

Idaho State Police say two people have been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Officers on scene say the series of crashes happened as traffic was slowing for a lane reduction in place for an Idaho Transportation Department construction project.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Area: 
Boise, ID

A 31-year-old Nampa man has died after colliding with a car while driving his motorcycle Thursday morning.

Chad Draggett died at the St. Alphonsus Hospital in Nampa shortly after the crash.

He was reportedly driving his 2000 Suzuki motorcycle near the intersection of Robinson Road and Willow Avenue around 7:15 a.m. when the incident happened.

Idaho State Police say he collided with a 30-year-old Nampa man who was driving a 1998 Ford Escort. Officers believe Draggett was driving northbound on Robinson Road while the driver of the Ford Escort was driving southbound.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Area: 
Boise, ID

A crash in the remote Owyhee County foothills has left three people injured and one dead. The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy stated that a couple and their two young children were driving off road not far from the Hemingway Butte recreation area near Reynolds Creek Road.

Police stated that a 21-year-old female died in the accident and a 36-year-old man, later identified as Jake Canoy, was taken by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus in Boise. Bowman did not know the extent of the man's injuries. We're told both the man and woman are from the Melba area.

Date: 
Monday, March 24, 2014

A pair of BASE jumpers survived a 486-foot fall in southern Idaho Monday evening when their parachutes failed to fully open.

The men were seriously injured after leaping from Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, a Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said. The bridge spans the Snake River canyon.

James E. Rawe, 24, of Draper, Utah, was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center. Austin Carey, 22, was airlifted to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise with life-threatening injuries.

Date: 
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Christopher Jewsbury, 50, of Spokane, was westbound in a pickup truck about 5:15 p.m. when he crossed the centerline and sideswiped an eastbound Chevy Trailblazer driven by David Oakes, 61, of Olympia, according to the ISP. Jewsbury then crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by Amy Brady, of Newport, who was behind Oakes. Brady, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Jewsbury was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. He was not wearing a seat belt. The cause of the crash is being investigated, the ISP said.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Idaho state police say one child was injured in a school bus crash around the Idaho County town of Riggins. The one-vehicle crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on a road in the area, located about 125 miles south of Coeur d'Alene. Police say 66-year-old driver Larry C. Barnard was carrying seven children on his bus when he was distracted by one of them. The vehicle drifted left and as the driver corrected to the right, tires went off the road and the bus eventually rolled on its right side.