Deputy hospitalized after driver fails to stop at stop sign
UPDATE 10:40 a.m. Idaho State Police report a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy was transported to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash on N 4000 E at State Highway 48 around 8:11 a.m. Friday.
ISP reports Gayla Bennick, 56, of Rigby, was traveling south on N 4000 E in a 2013 Jeep Wrangler, and the deputy was traveling east on State Highway 48 in a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe.
Bennick failed to yield from a stop sign and pulled out in front of the deputy, who then struck Bennick.
They then struck Ricardo Galvan Munoz, 44, of Rigby, who was stopped at a stop sign on N 4000 E in a 2006 Nissan Armada.
A ground ambulance transported the deputy to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
ISP reports all parties were wearing a seatbelt.
Bennick was cited for failing to yield from a stop sign.
The travel lane at N 4000 E was blocked for approximately two hours.
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ORIGINAL:
Idaho State Police troopers are on scene of an injury crash on Highway 48 near Rigby.
Police report a vehicle pulled out from a stop sign and hit a Jefferson County Sheriff’s patrol car.
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