8/21/2012
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
UPDATE: One lane of Idaho 51 reopens north of Bruneau
UPDATE: One lane of Idaho 51 reopened to traffic at 11:37 a.m. today after closure for several hours following a semitruck roll-over, detailed below. Traffic should resume in both lanes after the area is cleaned up.
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ELMORE COUNTY - Idaho 51 will close for several hours this morning (Tuesday, Aug. 21) north of Bruneau at milepost 76.5 due to a semitruck roll-over at the north junction of Idaho 51 and Idaho 78.
Crews from the Idaho Transportation Department, Idaho State Police and the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office are on scene.
The roll-over occurred before 7 a.m. The driver and passenger were transported to the Elmore Medical Center with minor injuries.
A detour has been set up at the junction of Idaho 51 and Idaho 78 to detour traffic via highway 78 to Hammett.