Juvenile killed, passenger flown to hospital after crash near Bliss
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The following is a news release from Idaho State Police.
On Dec. 9, at approximately 4:42 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle fatality crash near 371 Spring Cove Road, north of Bliss. A juvenile driver was traveling eastbound on Spring Cove Road in a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 when the driver failed to negotiate a curve, lost control, and drove off the right shoulder into a plowed farm field. The Dodge continued into a broad slide skid hitting a small embankment before overturning.
The driver was ejected from the vehicle and succumbed to their injuries at the scene. A juvenile passenger was transported by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt. Next of kin has been notified.
Idaho State Police was assisted on scene by the Gooding County Sheriff’s Office and Gooding Fire Department.