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Man killed in crash between Carey and Arco

By News Team

Published February 10, 2017 8:31 AM

A man is dead after a car crash on US 20/26/93 at milepost 222 between Carey and Arco Thursday morning.

According to Idaho State Police, Jeremy Sommers, 22 of West Valley, Utah drove westbound on US 20/26/93 in a 2003 Peterbilt semi. Sommers was pulling 3 trailers loaded with hay bales. The rear trailer flipped onto the driver’s side and spilt a load of hay into the eastbound lane.

Ryan Yancey,31 from Portland, Oregon was driving on the other side of the highway in a 2013 Freightliner, pulling a 2014 utility box trailer. Yancey hit the hay bales, and then struck a large snow berm off the south side of the road. Yancey died from his injuries at the crash site.

The road shut down for about 6 hours.

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