TWIN FALLS – Idaho State Police are investigating a single vehicle crash in southern Idaho involving a van that drove over steep embankment.
Police say at around 1:21 p.m. on Sunday in Twin Falls County, on Thousand Springs Grade Road, a 73-year-old man from Jerome was traveling westbound in a 1996 Ford Econoline Van. He lost control and drove off the south side of the roadway over a steep embankment.
The man was wearing a seatbelt but succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash.
The roadway was partially blocked for approximately 3 hours to allow emergency responders to clear the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.
