Update: Driver hospitalized after semi-truck rolls on I-15
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The following is a news release from the Idaho State Police on the semi-truck rollover on I-15 in Bonneville County on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a commercial vehicle, rollover crash on Interstate 15 near milepost 114 in Bonneville County.
Robert Montgomery, age 55, of Magna, Utah, was driving south in a 2014 Freightliner Cascadia tractor which was towing an enclosed trailer, when he drifted off the right side of the road. Montgomery overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle. The tractor-trailer went off the road into the median and rolled, coming to rest on its driver’s side.
Montgomery was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. The left lane of southbound traffic was blocked for about four and a half hours while crews worked to clear the scene.
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IDAHO FALLS — Traffic was stalled for about an hour Wednesday morning after a semi-truck rolled on Interstate 15.
The accident happened north of exit 116 (Dad’s Truck Stop) in the southbound lanes.
Traffic was restricted to one lane as crews worked to remove the semi-truck.
It’s unclear if the driver was injured.
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