{"id":16437,"date":"2021-07-28T00:56:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=16437"},"modified":"2021-07-27T20:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:20:33","slug":"deer-collision-causes-vehicle-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/deer-collision-causes-vehicle-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer Collision Causes Vehicle Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16440\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16440 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-696x522.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-1068x801.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-560x420.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-80x60.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/car-burn-265x198.jpeg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a 1999 Volkswagen Eurovan after it was engulfed in flames following a collision with a deer. Photo credits: Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">On Tuesday, July 20, at approximately 10:23 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies responded to a vehicle fire on Highway 75 near mile marker 103 approximately one mile north of the U.S. Highway 20 junction. Upon investigation, it was determined that Howard B. Wong, age 59, of Bellevue, Wash., and a passenger were traveling northbound on Hwy. 75 in a red 1999 Volkswagen Eurovan when they collided with a deer crossing the highway from the northbound shoulder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The impact created a fire that fully engulfed the vehicle and closed both lanes of Hwy. 75. Both of the occupants were wearing seatbelts and received only minor injuries. The van, which was completely burned inside and out, was towed from the scene. The deer scampered away from the scene prior to the arrival of emergency personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe want to remind people that wildlife is a significant road hazard in rural counties such as ours and to remain alert while driving,\u201d stated Sheriff Harkins. \u201cWe are seeing more wildlife traveling down into the Wood River Valley from the backcountry because of drought conditions. Hitting an animal can cause significant vehicle damage or injuries to the occupants. Please use extreme caution while driving in the early mornings or evenings.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, July 20, at approximately 10:23 p.m., Blaine County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies responded to a vehicle fire on Highway 75 near mile marker 103 approximately one mile north of the U.S. Highway 20 junction. Upon investigation, it was determined that Howard B. Wong, age 59, of Bellevue, Wash., and a passenger were traveling northbound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16439,"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":[61,65,76,84,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-accident","8":"category-blaine-county","9":"category-emergency-services","10":"category-in-brief","11":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437","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=16437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16441,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437\/revisions\/16441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}