Coroner identifies teenager who died in dirt bike crash
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POCATELLO — A coroner has released the name of a teenager who died in a crash involving a dirt bike and pickup truck.
Bannock County Coroner Torey Danner, in cooperation with the Pocatello Police Department, said he has been identified as Brock Crawford, 14, of Pocatello.
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“I want to extend my deepest condolences to each of the families involved,” Danner said in a news release on Wednesday.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of Satterfield Drive and Jerome Street, according to the Pocatello Police Department. A teenage boy–Crawford–was driving a dirt bike, and a teenage girl was driving a pickup truck.
Officials tell EastIdahoNews.com the dirt bike collided with the pickup truck. Crawford was wearing a helmet.
Danner said Crawford was taken by ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center, where he died Tuesday morning.
The incident remains under investigation by police.