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Two dead in head-on collision in Canyon County

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Posted at 10:05 PM, Apr 22, 2024
and last updated 2024-04-23 00:05:31-04

CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred at 2:45 p.m., on Monday, April 22nd, 2024, on US20-26 near milepost 18 in Canyon County.

According to police, a 49-year-old male from Caldwell was driving westbound in a 2007 Mack dump truck on US20-26. A 58-year-old male from Nampa was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado, pulling a 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser on a 2020 C&B flatbed trailer, eastbound on US20-26. The Mack dump truck went off the road and overcorrected causing the vehicles to collide head-on.

Police say the driver of the Mack truck and the driver of the Chevrolet succumbed to their injuries at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was not wearing his seatbelt. The driver of the Chevrolet was wearing his seatbelt.

This incident is still under investigation by the Idaho State Police.