Twenty-year-old Blackfoot driver dies in US-89 crash near Montpelier

The pursuing is simply a property merchandise from nan Idaho State Police.

MONTPELIER – A fatal collision connected U.S. Highway 89, conscionable westbound of Montpelier resulted successful nan decease of a 20-year-female driver from Blackfoot Saturday morning.

Idaho State Police (ISP) troopers responded to a two-vehicle clang astatine 8:44 a.m. connected southbound US-89 astatine milepost 24.5. A 20-year-old female from Blackfoot was driving southbound connected US-89 successful a 2017 Chevy Spark. A 35-year-old female from Ovid, Idaho, was driving northbound connected US-89 successful a 2019 GMC Terrain erstwhile some vehicles collided.

The driver of nan Chevy was wearing a seatbelt and died astatine nan segment of nan crash.

The driver of nan GMC was not wearing a seatbelt and was transported to nan section hospital.

Both lanes of US-89 were blocked for astir 4 hours.

Idaho State Police were assisted by Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Bear Lake County Ambulance, Bear Lake County Fire Department, Montpelier Police Department and nan Idaho Department of Transportation.