BINGHAM COUNTY, Idaho — A five-vehicle crash occurred in Bingham County Saturday morning after a bicycle came off a bike rack and landed in the roadway, Idaho State Police reported.
Police said the bike came off a rack on a GMC Sierra, forcing a trailing Subaru Ascent to stop in the lane of travel on northbound I-15 to avoid hitting the bicycle. A 41-year-old man from Utah was driving the GMC, while a 40-year-old Soda Springs man was driving the Subaru.
A 44-year-old Rigby man pulling a camp trailer in a 2006 Chevy Silverado was unable to stop while approaching the Subaru stopped in the lane, causing a chain-reaction crash involving two more vehicles.
According to Idaho State Police, a 30-year-old Boise man in a 2014 Chevy Silverado and a 26-year-old Montana woman in a Jeep Renegade were the others involved in Saturday's crash. The 2014 Chevy was pulling a flat-bed trailer with a raft.
Fortunately, all people involved in the five-vehicle incident were wearing their seatbelts. ISP's news release did not indicate whether anyone was injured.
The crash on northbound I-15 happened around 11:15 a.m. Saturday near mile marker 95 in Bingham County. The interstate was blocked for around two hours following the incident.
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