2 dead, including child, in Boise County crash
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BOISE — A man and a child died Saturday when the truck they were in went off the road and into the water.
The crash occurred about 2 p.m., near mile marker 19 on Arrowrock Road, south of Atlanta, according to a news release from Idaho State Police.
Troopers say a family of four from Star was in a GMC truck, traveling north on the roadway, when the 38-year-old male driver “swerved to go around a vehicle.” The truck got too close to the edge of the road and rolled into the water, the release says.
ISP had originally reported that a 35-year-old female was at the wheel when the crash happened, but the agency sent an update Sunday afternoon saying its investigation found that was not the case.
The woman and a child “were able to get out of the vehicle and were transported by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries,” the release says. The driver and a second child died at the scene.
Troopers added that everyone in the truck was wearing a seat belt.
Further details about the crash or the injuries of those involved were not available Sunday. The identities of the man and child who died have not yet been released.
ISP says the crash remains under investigation.