{"id":12391,"date":"2019-11-27T22:02:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T22:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=12391"},"modified":"2019-11-27T22:02:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T22:02:31","slug":"accident-anomalies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/accident-anomalies\/","title":{"rendered":"Accident Anomalies"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 incidents in 1 day on Highway 75<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Eric Valentine<\/em><\/p>\n

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The aftermath of a school bus and minivan collision on Highway 75. Photo credit: Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winter conditions haven\u2019t really hit the Valley yet, but that hasn\u2019t had much of an impact on keeping accidents at bay. Highway 75 was hit with two\u2014somewhat uncommon\u2014accidents last Friday, one involving an SUV and child pedestrian who suffered a broken femur.<\/p>\n

An 8 a.m. accident the same day took place at Ohio Gulch Road along Highway 75. Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s deputies responded to the traffic accident involving a Blaine County School District bus and a 2003 White Honda Odyssey minivan, which was witnessed by an on-duty Blaine County deputy. School district officials could not be reached before Tuesday\u2019s press deadline.<\/p>\n

Morning Accident<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was determined that the 2003 Honda was northbound on Highway 75 and being driven by Beverly Palomera, 31, of Bellevue. The van was also occupied by a passenger, Antoinette Cueto Diaz, 42, of Hailey. The driver of the school bus, Tonya Marshall, 31, of Bellevue, was attempting to turn south onto Highway 75 from Ohio Gulch Road. Marshall told deputies she failed to see the 2003 Honda as she turned south.<\/p>\n

The 2003 Honda struck the driver\u2019s-side front of the school bus, went airborne and landed on its roof. Both Palomera and Diaz were wearing seatbelts and were transported to St. Luke\u2019s Wood River hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Marshall and six children on the school bus were uninjured. Marshall was cited for failure to yield from a stop sign.<\/p>\n

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Afternoon Accident<\/strong><\/p>\n

Around 4 p.m. the same day, Bellevue Deputy Marshal Mynde Heil received a call regarding a vehicle-pedestrian collision at Highway 75 (Main Street) and Pine in Bellevue. Heil said that a Tesla SUV heading northbound failed to stop, hitting a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle in the crosswalk, and breaking his femur.<\/p>\n

Heil said the accident is still under investigation and could not comment further.<\/p>\n

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All of this, coincidentally, preceded the Idaho Transportation Department\u2019s launching of its annual winter safety campaign\u2014called \u201cdaho Ready\u201d\u2014to help drivers prepare for challenging conditions on the state\u2019s highways. The campaign offers information via social media and a page on the department’\u2019 website to help drivers arrive safely at their destinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cShort videos will present information on using Idaho\u2019s 511 Traveler Information system as a resource before heading out on the highway, how to maintain your vehicle during winter months, and driving safely in winter conditions,\u201d said Reed Hollinshead with ITD\u2019s Office of Communication. \u201cImportant safety information will be posted regularly to Facebook, Twitter, and the \u2018Idaho Ready\u2019 web page. New information this year will address new drivers on Idaho roads\u2014those who recently moved here or have recently been licensed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 incidents in 1 day on Highway 75 By Eric Valentine Winter conditions haven\u2019t really hit the Valley yet, but that hasn\u2019t had much of an impact on keeping accidents at bay. Highway 75 was hit with two\u2014somewhat uncommon\u2014accidents last Friday, one involving an SUV and child pedestrian who suffered a broken femur. An 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,18,36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-accident","8":"category-news","9":"category-slider"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}