Coroner identifies Ammon man who died in a semi-truck crash near Challis
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CHALLIS — The coroner has identified an Ammon man who died on Thursday due to a semi-truck crash.
Custer County Coroner Chad Workman identified the man as 51-year-old William Park.
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According to the Idaho State Police, Park was hauling a tractor-trailer loaded with gravel northbound on US Highway 93 around 10:35 a.m.
The truck drove off the right side of the road into a borrow pit and investigators say Park tried to get the vehicle back on the highway.
“The tractor returned to the road, but the trailer was still in the borrow pit when the tractor and trailer became detached,” an ISP news release says. “The tractor rolled once and came to rest on its wheels. The trailer overturned onto its top.”
Park died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt, according to ISP.
The crash remains under investigation.