Chain-Reaction Crash on Southbound I-15 sends two to hospital

FORT HALL, Idaho (KIFI) — Two people were hospitalized Thursday morning following a chain-reaction, four-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 15 near Fort Hall.

The crash happened around 10:39 a.m. on the southbound I-15 at milepost 84 in Bingham County.

ISP says that the incident began when a 27-year-old Pocatello man driving south in a 2018 Toyota RAV4 attempted to use a median crossover. As the RAV4 made the maneuver, it was struck by a southbound Ford Maverick driven by an 84-year-old man, also from Pocatello.

The initial crash triggered a chain reaction. The Maverick was subsequently struck by a southbound 2022 BMW driven by a 65-year-old male driver with a 63-year-old female passenger, both from Chubbuck. Immediately after, the BMW was hit by a 2026 Genesis driven by a 60-year-old man from Cardiff, California, who was traveling with a 59-year-old female passenger from San Diego.

Ground ambulances rushed the driver of the Ford Maverick and the female passenger of the Genesis to a local hospital. ISP confirmed that everyone involved in the crash was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident.

The left lane of southbound I-15 was blocked for approximately one hour while emergency crews cleared the scene. The crash remains under investigation.