Semi-truck crashes into fence, causes accident on I-15

A semi-truck crashed into a fence and caused a three-vehicle crash northbound on Interstate 15 at mile marker 77.9, south of Fort Hall Wednesday around 9:58 a.m.

Idaho State Police reports Armando B. Navarrete Benavides, 68, of Ozark, AL, was driving northbound on I-15 in a semi-truck pulling a trailer when a tire blew on the semi-truck.

Navarrete Benavides drove into the median, crossed the southbound lanes of travel and drove through a fence. The semi-truck came to rest in a field on the west side of I-15.

Mark O. Butler, 56, of Shelley, ID, was driving southbound on I15 in a 2002 Honda Accord and swerved to avoid the semi-truck and was struck by a 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser.
The Toyota was driven by Sharon M. Jessen, 67, of Spokane, WA.

All drivers were wearing seatbelts.

ISP said there was no lane blockage.