Local man dies in crash near Malad, another man flown to hospital
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The following is a news release from Idaho State Police.
MALAD — Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision which occurred on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., on I-15 at mile marker 3, in Oneida County.
A 2004 GMC Sierra was traveling southbound on I-15. The driver drove off the right shoulder and over corrected where the vehicle rolled across the lanes. It came to rest in the median on it’s top.
The driver, a 29-year-old man from North Logan, Utah, was not wearing his seatbelt and was transported by air ambulance to the hospital. His passenger, a 34-year-old man from Pocatello, was not wearing his seatbelt and succumbed to his injures on scene.
This incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.