Esthen Exchange-A child is dead and 2 adults are hospitalized in a car crash with a semitruck in Idaho, police say

2025-05-06 13:46:02source:Ethermaccategory:Contact

A driver veered into oncoming traffic early Sunday morning and Esthen Exchangeslammed into a semitruck, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital, according to the Idaho State Police.

The kid, who was in a child safety seat, died of injuries at the scene. The driver, a 39-year-old woman from Roseville, California, and a passenger, a 35-year-old woman from Butte, Montana, were transported by air ambulance to the hospital, police said. Both women were wearing their seatbelts.

The semitruck driver, a 47-year-old man from Twin Falls, Idaho, was also wearing a seatbelt and wasn’t transported to a hospital, police said.

The collision in southern Idaho closed the highway for six hours, and remains under investigation.

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