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Police: Speeding driver dies after colliding with pickup pulling a horse trailer

Investigators say Lloyd Miller was driving at a high rate of speed when he ran a red light and collided with a pickup truck Tuesday morning at a Jerome intersection.
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JEROME, Idaho — Idaho State Police say a Twin Falls man who ran a stop sign and struck a pickup at a Jerome intersection Tuesday morning has died from his injuries.

The crash happened at the intersection of South Lincoln Avenue and West Yakima Avenue around 9:48 a.m.

Investigators said 43-year-old Lloyd Miller of Twin Falls was driving on South Lincoln Avenue and driving at a high rate of speed in a 2006 Ford Freestyle. He ran a red light and swerved to avoid colliding with a vehicle turning left. 

Miller crossed the center lane and crashed into a 2018 Ram pickup pulling a horse trailer, driven by Marty Mickelson, 59, of Lewiston, Utah. Mickelson was traveling northbound on South Lincoln Avenue.

Miller died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

Mickelson was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls by air. He was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The intersection was blocked around three-and-a-half hours.

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