Idaho Law Blog
Thursday, October 2nd, two vehicles collided on US highway 30, in Bannock County, east of McCammon. The accident took place at approximately 10:13 p.m., near East Price Road.
The first vehicle, a 2025 Toyota Sienna, was traveling westbound when the 58-year-old female driver, from China, attempted to make a left-hand turn onto East Price Road. As she began to turn, her and her 59-year-old male passenger, also from China, were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The second vehicle, a 2008 Ford F150 driven by a 55-year-old man from Washington, was traveling eastbound when it collided with the Toyota.
Following the accident, the male passenger of the Toyota was urgently transported to a large hospital via air ambulance. No report has been given on the condition of the other two drivers.
We are sorry to hear about this accident, and we hope that the injured man will be able to make a full and speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, according to Idaho Transportation Department’s crash report in 2023, 17% of all motor vehicle crashes were related to or caused by distracted driving. Of that 17%, 48 people were killed because of these accidents. Idaho Department of Transportation says that of these crashes, “failing to yield” is the largest contributing cause. Multiple vehicle crashes accounted for 72% of all motor vehicle crashes in 2023, leaving a total of 19,807 multi-vehicle crashes.
LIABILTIY FOR ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO
No one who gets into or drives a vehicle wants to be involved in an accident. But unfortunately, car accidents happen. Idaho uses a fault-based system to impose liability on the party most at-fault for the accident. A legal principle called “comparative negligence,” is applied to determine the negligence of all involved parties. If the Plaintiff’s negligence is less than 50%, then she generally can recover damages from the Defendant (or the Defendant’s insurance policy).
Our personal injury attorneys can advise injured persons about their particular case and how Idaho’s legal principles of negligence, causation, and liability apply to it.
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