Kalani and Jennifer Storch

BOISE - A pregnant mother of seven is dead after her car hit a semi-truck head-on near her home.

It happened in South Boise on West Lake Hazel near the Charter Pointe subdivision shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday night.

Deputies say extremely icy road conditions led to the crash that killed Jennifer Storch, 30.  She was driving her Cadillac SUV when several cars ahead of her began sliding.  To avoid the crash, police say Storch swerved – running into oncoming traffic and hit the semi-truck hauling dry wall.

Details of what happened

“She was alive at the time and was not restrained by a seatbelt. She was taken to a hospital where she later died of her injuries,” said Sgt Tom Briggs, with the Ada County Sheriffs Office.

The woman’s baby was at 35 weeks – near full term.  Doctors at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center delivered the baby via emergency caesarian section before the mother died.

The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit – and Briggs says it appears the baby will survive.

The child has been named Kaleikaumaka Kalani Storch - a baby boy.

The people in the semi-truck were not injured.

Deputies say speed may have been a factor in the crash.

Donations to the Storch family can be made at any Idaho Independent Bank branch.