UPDATED:
INKOM, Idaho (KIFI) — One person is dead following a two-vehicle collision along southbound Interstate 15 outside Inkom on Thursday evening.
According to Lt. Todd Orr of the Idaho State Police, the crash happened near milepost 60. The accident happened around 5:40 p.m. Thursday.
A 19-year-old man from Downey was killed in the accident. Troopers said his pickup rear-ended a semi-truck while heading south on the interstate. Both vehicles came to rest in the right lane, they said.
The lane was closed for approximately 4 hours as they investigated.
Investigators said the 19-year-old was not wearing his seatbelt.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.
