Coroner identifies young man who died in Fremont Avenue crash in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS — A section coroner has identified a young man who died successful an early greeting clang this week. 

Bonneville County Coroner Rick Taylor said it was Rogelio Gomez-Contreras, 18, from nan Idaho Falls area. He said he died from aggregate terrible traumatic injuries. 

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Background

The clang happened Thursday greeting astir 2:15 a.m. connected Fremont Avenue nether nan U.S. Highway 20 overpass. 

First responders recovered a 2014 Dodge Charger pinch Gomez-Contreras inside. The conveyance was connected fire, according to nan Idaho Falls Police Department. 

Idaho Falls Fire crews extinguished nan occurrence and extricated him retired of nan vehicle. He was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center successful Idaho Falls, wherever he later died.
 
Through investigation, constabulary officers wished nan Charger had been walking southbound connected Fremont Avenue, according to a news release. 

“The conveyance went up onto nan median, struck a ample signpost, and past continued into a support pillar for nan Highway 20 overpass, yet stopping successful nan northbound lanes,” constabulary said. 

The investigation revealed that velocity is believed to beryllium a facet successful nan crash.