UPDATE: ISP releases details on crash on US 26 and Iona Road
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UPDATE
The following is a news release from the Idaho State Police.
On Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at 1:47 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on westbound U.S. 26 at milepost 336 near Iona road in Idaho Falls.
Patricia Arteaga, 18, of Rigby, was driving westbound on U.S. 26 at milepost 336 in a 2004 Nissan Altima. Jesse Jacobs, 31, of Idaho Falls, was driving eastbound on Iona road in a 2006 Chevy Silverado. Jacobs failed to yield the right-of-way to Arteaga, entered the intersection and struck Arteaga’s vehicle on the front passenger side. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts. Arteaga’s passenger, Brandie Geddes, 18, of Rigby was not wearing a seatbelt. Geddes was transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
The lanes were blocked for one hour.
Original story
BONNEVILLE COUNTY — Emergency crews used extrication equipment to cut a woman from a vehicle following a head-on crash on North Yellowstone Highway and Iona Road on Friday afternoon.
A grey vehicle and red pick-up truck slammed into each other at the intersection.
Firefighters and EMT used the extrication equipment to remove a woman from the grey vehicle before she was rushed to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by ambulance. The driver of the pickup did not need to be transported to the hospital, according to Idaho Falls Fire Department spokeswoman Kerry Hammon.
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Drivers in the area experienced delays while crews responded to the intersection, a place where accidents regularly occur.
“It’s an awkward intersection. There is no light and it’s not a four-way stop. We would remind drivers to be extra careful when traveling through here,” Hammon said.
