9/15/2008
Semi truck crash closes Idaho 78 through early afternoon Monday (Sept. 15)
GRANDVIEW - A semi truck accident just outside of Grand View on Idaho 78 has closed the highway through early afternoon today (Monday, Sept. 15), the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The single-vehicle crash occurred near milepost 55 (about four miles north of Grand View) at around 7:30 this morning. The highway is closed from milepost 52 to 57 for passenger traffic, and a detour using River Road and Beet Dump Road is in effect.
Commercial truck traffic is being stopped and re-routed eastbound at milepost 19 (the Idaho 78 junction with Idaho 45), and westbound at milepost 60 (the Idaho 78/67 junction).