Idaho State Police are still investigating a fatal accident that occurred at 3:32 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2023, near the East Magic Road turnoff on State Highway 75 in Blaine County.
A 39-year-old male, of Hailey, was driving a 2013 Toyota Corolla northbound on SH75 when he apparently crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a Chevy Silverado. His passenger, Gloria Estrado, 39, also of Hailey, was pronounced dead at the scene. A juvenile was driving the 2003 Chevy Silverado pickup southbound on SH75.
The driver of the Corolla was transported via ground ambulance to a local hospital. The driver and passenger in the Corolla were wearing their seatbelts. The driver and passenger in the Silverado were not wearing their seatbelts.
The northbound and southbound lanes of SH75 were blocked for approximately four-and-a-half hours.
The driver of the Silverado was not transported; however, his passenger, a 46-year-old Shoshone man, was taken by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
The accident was the fifth head-on crash fatality on Highway 75 between Bellevue and the Blaine-Lincoln County line since 2018. Most of these accidents involve crossing the centerline. This number does not include incidents that have occurred at Timmerman Hill, a high crash location at the intersection of US20 and SH75.
According to a study done in 2016, that intersection is ranked as 16th on Idaho Transportation Department’s High Accident Location list in District 4, and 321st statewide.