Coroner identifies 8-year-old who died after truck fire near Ashton
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ASHTON — The Fremont County coroner has identified the young girl who was killed in a truck fire on Friday.
Coroner Brenda Dye has identified the girl as 8-year-old Kynzlee Rae Luthy of Hibbard.
According to her obituary, Luthy was a student at Hibbard Elementary and “a light in everyone’s life.”
According to the Idaho State Police, a 26-year-old man from Thayne, Wyoming, was towing a 2000 KO Manufacturing 6X20LS livestock trailer with a 2003 Chevy 2500. The passengers included Luthy and a 23-year-old woman from Rexburg.
Around 5:25 p.m., ISP says the Chevy overheated at the top of Ashton Hill and caught fire. Emergency crews responded to the fire, where Luthy died at the scene. The truck driver was airlifted to the hospital, and the passenger was taken by ambulance.
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The status of the adults is not currently available.
Both lanes of the highway were closed for approximately three hours.
ISP was assisted by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, North Fremont Fire Department, Intermountain Air Ambulance, St. Anthony Ambulance and Ashton Ambulance.