UPDATE: Two drivers rushed to hospital with severe injuries after crash in Bonneville County
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UPDATE:
Two people were hospitalized with severe injuries after a high speed crash in Bonneville County, Sheriff Lt. Kevin Casper says.
Casper tells EastIdahoNews.com a car was heading southbound on 3500 East in Bonneville County and failed to yield at a stop sign. A second vehicle was heading east on County Line Road. They collided at high speed and ended up in opposing canals on either side of the road. One of the canals was full of water, and the other was half full.
The only people in the vehicles were the two male drivers. Casper said both sustained major injuries and were rushed to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Their identities have not been released pending notification of their families.
EastIdahoNews.com will update this story as more details become available.
ORIGINAL STORY:
IDAHO FALLS — One person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash in Bonneville County.
Dispatchers received a call about two vehicles in a canal near the intersection of North 15th East and County Line Road around 5:15 p.m. Friday, Idaho Falls Fire Department spokeswoman Kerry Hammon said.
It’s not clear how the vehicles got in the canal, but the person who called in the crash told dispatchers one person was initially trapped in a vehicle and another had been ejected from the other vehicle.
By the time emergency responders got to the scene, everyone had gotten out of the water.
One of those involved was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
EastIdahoNews.com has a reporter en route and will post more details as they become available.