A child on an electronically assisted bike was hit in Northern Idaho on Tuesday, and a man who was out with his horse in Southern Idaho was hit by a car on Thursday.
Friday morning, we received reports on two accidents that had happened only about 4 miles apart and within 2 hours of each other on I-15 in Southern Idaho near Inkom.
A child riding an electronically assisted bike in Northern Idaho was hit by a pickup truck on September 29th. The juvenile was taken to a hospital for care.
One accident was a head-on collision in Boise County and the other was a vehicle that left the road and hit multiple trees as it traveled down an embankment.
Interestingly, the summer fatal pickup truck accidents started and ended in Sagle, Idaho. Between those, 16 other fatal crashes occurred across the state, including one more in the Sagle area.
Of the accidents that were reported in news releases during the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer, 7 of them involved semi-trucks. In those accidents, 8 people were killed.