Woman arrested after Twin Bridges crash
REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) -Update: Bedolla was arraigned on felony charges of leaving the scene of an injury accident and two misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and driving without privileges.
She was scheduled to appear for a Magistrate Court preliminary hearing on September 20 and was being held pending $50,000 bond.
An Idaho Falls woman was being held in the Madison County Jail Monday after she ran away from a crash at around 2 p.m. Saturday near Twin Bridges.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said Brittany Bedolla was driving a Trail Blazer that ran a stop sign at the intersection of 1000 South and 600 East. The pickup T-boned an approaching Silverado pickup hauling a boat.
The impact forced the Trail Blazer off the road and split the boat lengthwise. Four people in that vehicle, were transported to hospitals by ambulance. Their names and conditions were unavailable.
Bedolla and a passenger, identified as Jonathan Boyd of Idaho Falls, ran away from the crash. They were discovered some time later about half a mile away.
Bedolla was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, and driving without privileges. Boyd was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
