JEROME, Idaho (AP) — State police say two people are dead after a wrong-way driver caused two separate crashes on Interstate 84.
The crashes occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday near Bliss.
Police say 59-year-old Gabriel Silva of Buhl was driving the wrong way in his pickup truck in the westbound lanes and slammed head-on into a car driven by 21-year-old Shantay Henson of Pocatello. Police say both Silva and Henson died in the crash.
Silva nearly crashed five miles before that when 33-year-old Harold Carroll of Ontario, Ore., was forced to veer off the road to avoid Silva’s vehicle. Police say Carroll’s vehicle rolled and he sustained non-lifethreatening injuries.
Police say alcohol is suspected to be a factor. The crash is being investigated. The westbound lanes at milepost 141 were blocked for approximately 4 hours.
