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The Idaho State Police reports that Kwintse Marley died about 11 p.m. Wednesday when her westbound 2006 Ford Focus went off Cub River Road near Preston, flipped over an embankment and landed in a canal.

Marley, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and died at the scene of the accident, ISP said.

Seriously injured was a 21-year-old male passenger, also from Logan and not wearing his seatbelt. He was taken by ambulance to Franklin County Medical Center.

Raysha Nielsen, 21, killed, when the snowmobile she was riding strikes a tree in the Franklin Basin area of Idaho

Date:

Friday, February 21, 2014

Area:

Salt Lake City, UT

Authorities in southeast Idaho are investigating a fatal snowmobile accident over the weekend that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Utah woman who was an up-and-coming racer on the regional snowmobiling circuit. The Franklin County Sheriff said Monday that Raysha Nielsen of Logan was a passenger on a snowmobile that struck a tree Saturday afternoon in the Franklin Basin area east of Franklin. No name or other information has been released in regard to the driver of the snowmobile. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Nielsen was the daughter of Rich Gladfelder, owner of Logan's Renegade Sports.

Chet Atkinson, 26, killed in rollover crash on Highway 36 near Preston, ID

Date:

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Area:

Salt Lake City, UT

A 26-year-old Utah man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover in Idaho. The Idaho State Patrol says Chet Atkinson of Weston died in the crash on Highway 36 near Preston about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Troopers say he was headed east in a Dodge pickup truck when he drifted off the south side of the highway near mile marker 132. Investigators say he apparently over-corrected before he crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment. Atkinson was not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.