Truck

Officials survey the scene Friday, July 30, 2021, where a semitruck went off an overpass on Interstate 84 near Heyburn. 

 Laurie Welch Photo

HEYBURN — First responders, a medical helicopter and police are at the scene of a crash Friday where a westbound semitruck went through the railing of the Interstate 84 exit 211 overpass.

According to Minidoka County Chief Deputy Dave Pinther, who was appointed as the new sheriff with a term starting Aug. 1, the call came into dispatch at 10:28 a.m.

Pinther said the crash is under investigation by Idaho State Police.

Eastbound traffic on U.S. Highway 30 from 21st Street in Heyburn to the interstate was temporarily detoured.

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