Police officer causes crash after following too close

Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash on Yellowstone Avenue south of Alameda Road, in Pocatello on Thursday around 6:43 p.m.

Emily A. Faulkner, 27, of Richmond, UT, was stopped at the stoplight northbound on Yellowstone Avenue in a 2017 Mazda MZ3.

ISP reports Pocatello Police Officer Joel D. Greenway, 32, of Rigby, was following too close in his patrol car and hit Faulkner’s vehicle from the rear causing a chain reaction with two other vehicles which were also stopped at the light.

Those other vehicles and drivers are Sharon E. Obrien, 63, and her passenger, Stephen C. Obrien, 66, both of Blackfoot, driving a 2016 Subaru Forester and Gabrielle S. Tragis, 24, of Pocatello, driving a 2009 Ford Fusion.

A ground ambulance transported Faulkner to Portneuf Medical Center.

All drivers and passengers were wearing seatbelts.

The northbound lanes on Yellowstone Avenue were blocked for approximately one hour.

Officer Greenway was cited for following too close.