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One dead after semi-truck rolls over on Interstate 84 in Elmore County

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office say a 62-year-old Utah man died at the scene.
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One person died when a large semi-truck overturned on Interstate 84 near Glenns Ferry Tuesday afternoon.

BOISE, Idaho — A Utah man has died after a rollover crash on Interstate 84 near Glenns Ferry.

It happened near milepost 127 at around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office says 62-year-old John Robert Turner of Utah was driving the rear-steer component of a westbound semi-truck hauling a 174,000-pound concrete I-beam when he went into the median, causing the entire truck to roll over.

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Turner died at the scene.

The driver of the semi-truck, 65-year-old Dennis Haun from Utah, had minor injuries and was cleared at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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