NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho — Two women are dead after a series of crashes on Interstate 84 caused by a wrong-way driver.
The wrecks were reported just before 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon near New Plymouth in Payette County.
According to Idaho State Police, Barbara A. Swenson, a 79-year-old woman from Council was headed east in a Ford Explorer when she crossed over the median into the westbound lanes. Two oncoming cars, driven by a 38-year-old from Spokane and a 35-year-old from Portland, swerved to miss the Ford and collided with each other.
The 79-year-old continued in the westbound lanes, hitting a Mitsubishi Mirage head-on. The driver of the Mirage, Jaynie Hill, a 25-year-old woman from Parma, was killed in the collision. The Payette County Coroner listed her cause of death from blunt force trauma.
The 79-year-old was airlifted to a local hospital, where she later died.
All four drivers were wearing their seatbelts, police say.
Police have not released the name of either woman killed. I-84 was blocked for three hours while crews worked at the scene.
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