LAVA HOT SPRINGS — Multiple emergency helicopters responded to a one-vehicle wreck near Lava Hot Springs on Saturday afternoon to transport those injured to a local hospital.
A northbound Buick Park Avenue sedan crashed on Blazer Highway one mile north of Highway 30 around 2:45 p.m. Saturday and resulted in both of the car’s occupants being airlifted to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello for treatment of serious injuries, authorities said.
Two air ambulances landed near the scene to transport the 30-year-old Pocatello woman who was a passenger in the car and the 20-year-old man from Cottage Grove, Oregon, who was driving, authorities said.
The victims’ names and updates on their conditions haven’t been released.
Idaho State Police said the crash occurred when the Buick Park Avenue “left the side of the road and hit a gravel embankment, went airborne, and struck another embankment.”
Both victims were trapped in the wrecked car following the crash and had to be extricated by emergency responders, authorities said.
Blazer Highway was shut down for more than two hours because of the accident.
Further details on the crash have not yet been released.