Blackfoot man dies by suicide after crash into power pole that started fire

BLACKFOOT — A coroner has ruled that a man died by termination pursuing a car clang Thursday night.

Authorities responded to nan wreck astatine 1100 West astatine 480 North, extracurricular Blackfoot astir 5 p.m. A 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was heading southbound erstwhile it collapsed into a powerfulness pole, injuring 2 of nan 3 occupants.

Directly aft nan crash, nan powerfulness rod struck a transformer, sparking a fire. This burned dozens of acres of farmland and destroyed a adjacent good pump.

After nan driver assisted 1 of nan injured passengers distant from nan crash, he fatally changeable himself pinch a revolver, according to nan Bingham County Coroner’s Office.

Following nan completion connected nan investigation, nan Coroner’s Office released its findings Monday and concluded nan driver died by suicide.

The 2 surviving passengers, a man and a woman, were transported by ambulance to Bingham Memorial Hospital, wherever they were treated and released.

Blackfoot firefighters extinguished nan brushfire and nan roadworthy was closed for astir 5 hours.

All 3 of nan conveyance occupants were from Blackfoot.