ISP releases information on I-15 crashes near Pocatello
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UPDATE 9:30 P.M.
Idaho State Police has released the following information about one of the crashes:
On Thursday, April 6, at approximately 6:06 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle, injury crash northbound Interstate 15 near milepost 74, in Bannock County.
Jacob Phillips, 43, of Idaho Falls, was driving northbound on I-15 in a 2001 Acura 4 door sedan.
Benjiman Forbes, 35, of Stony Plain, Alberta, was in a 2005 GMC Sierra pulling a utility trailer. Forbes slowed down for traffic ahead and Phillips ran into the rear of Forbes’ trailer. Phillips was not wearing a seatbelt. Forbes and his passenger were both wearing seatbelts.
Phillips was transported by ground ambulance to the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.
One of the northbound lanes of travel was blocked for approximately 1 hour.
The investigation is ongoing.
ORIGINAL STORY
POCATELLO — Emergency crews are on the scene of multiple crashes in the northbound lanes of I-15 near mile marker 73 north of Pocatello.
In one incident, the front axle of a pickup truck appears to have snapped. The truck is now on the right shoulder of the interstate and police are communicating with the driver.
Less than a mile north, in a separate incident, the driver of a car appears to have rear-ended a pickup truck hauling a trailer. A van was also damaged.
A Pocatello ambulance has just arrived on the scene. Conditions of the vehicle occupants are unknown.
The left lane of the interstate is closed while crews investigate this crash.
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