Idaho is dealing with two fatal semi-truck accidents on Monday

On the last day of September, two separate fatal semi-truck accidents occurred in southern Idaho.

A 19-year-old passenger was killed in an accident south of Twin Falls, and a 43-year-old driver in Jerome was killed in the second accident.

Jerome woman killed in truck accident

Idaho State Police responded to a second fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer in Magic Valley around 9 a.m. Monday in Jerome. The accident occurred at the intersection of 500 N and 100 E. The Idaho State Police report states:

A 26-year-old man from Wendell, Idaho, was traveling south on the 500 North in a 2007 Freightliner Semi with a 2018 trailer. A 43-year-old woman from Jerome, Idaho, was traveling eastbound on 100 East in a 2002 Saturn SL1 passenger car. The man in the semi was unable to stop at the stop sign and the Saturn car crashed into the semi’s trailer. The driver of the Saturn died from her injuries at the scene of the accident.

The male driver of the semi-truck was arrested for manslaughter.

The driver of the Freightliner was wearing a seat belt, but the woman behind the wheel of the Saturn was not.

Idaho State Police reported another fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer about 30 minutes earlier in Twin Falls, south of the airport. In this accident, a young man was killed and two other men were injured when the truck they were in overturned.

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