Snowmobiler killed in Bear Lake County, Idaho avalanche
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BEAR LAKE COUNTY, Idaho â A snowmobile rider died Saturday after being caught in an avalanche in southeastern Idaho.
This is the second fatal avalanche in Idaho in two days.
The Bear Lake County Sheriff s Office said that 48-year-old Allen Foss of Preston, Idaho was buried under a large amount of snow and died from his injuries.
The avalanche occurred around 11 a.m. Saturday near Sherman Peak. Other snowmobilers used probes to search for Foss, but he had died by the time they found and uncovered him.
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31 cattle killed in truck rollover
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GEORGETOWN, Idaho (KIFI)-31 head of cattle were killed when a semi-tractor hauling a cattle trailer overturned on US 30 near Georgetown at 6:08 am Friday.
Idaho State Police said Jeffrey Nickols, 29, of Parma, wwas eastbound in a 2020 Peterbilt semi-tractor.
Nickols struck an elk on the roadway and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle rolled off the left shoulder of the highway.
The trailer was loaded with approximately 90 cattle.
The highway was blocked for about six hours. ISP was assisted by the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Bear Lake Fire and Rescue, Idaho Transportation Department and the Brands Division of the Idaho State Police.