ISP releases details about 5 vehicle crash near Blackfoot
Update: Idaho State Police have released additional details about a 5 vehicle crash that blocked traffic on northbound I-15 for hours Friday evening.
According to ISP the following drivers were involved:
Benjamin Kellum, age 27, of Oklahoma City, OK, driving a 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup pulling a 5th wheel trailer
Adriana Appiah, age 41, of Pocatello, driving a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe
David Corona, age 40, of Pocatello, driving a 2002 Hyundai Elantra
Clay Meline, age 52, of Declo, driving a 2011 Buick Lucerne
Curtis Rosvold age 64, of Lethbridge, Alberta, driving a 2016 Kenworth tractor pulling a Great Dane trailer
ISP says that Kellum failed to slow for traffic congestion ahead of him and collided with Appiah’s vehicle pushing it into Corona’s Hyundai and Meline’s Buick. The Buick was pushed into the commercial tractor-trailer driven by Rosvold.
Meline and two of his juvenile passengers were transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Meline’s other passenger, Juli Meline, age 50, of Declo, was transported by air ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. We don’t have further details on their condition at this time.
Original Story: Police and emergency responders have cleared an accident that was blocking traffic on I-15 for several hours. At least three vehicles were involved in the crash.
There are at least three vehicles involved in the crash, including a truck pulling a trailer. Crews have not cleared the accident and lanes are open again but traffic was diverted off of northbound I-15 for several hours.
ISP has not released details yet about the people involved in the crash but eyewitness say at least one person was taken to the hospital by helicopter.
We are working to get more details and will update this story once more information is available.
