TWIN FALLS COUNTY, Idaho -- Two people were seriously injured after a semi sideswiped two pickup trucks on U.S. 93 Saturday.
It happened at approximately 2:30 p.m. Ryan L. Whitney, 33, of Bemidji, Minnesota, was traveling north in a 2003 International Semi when, for unknown reasons, he crossed into the southbound lanes, sideswiping two vehicles at milepost 12 before going off the west side of the road. The semi went through a barrier fence before coming to rest. Whitney was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.
Robin J. Wilson, 46, of Eureka, Nevada was driving a 2008 GMC pickup with a small cattle trailer. He was the first to be sideswiped and was able to pull over. Wilson and his two passengers were wearing seatbelts and neither he nor his passengers were injured.
James D. Brawley, 73, of Twin Falls, was driving a 2002 GMC pickup which went off the road and rolled after being sideswiped by the semi. Brawley and his passenger, Margaret J. Brawley, 74, were both transported to St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. Both occupants were wearing their seatbelts.
It does not appear that alcohol or weather were a contributing factor to this crash.
