The snowstorms over the past couple of weeks have produced a prodigious amount of snow and led to the closure of U.S. Highway 12.
I was e-mailed these photos late Tuesday night. I don’t know who took them or when they were taken, but they are allegedly of the semi-truck that was pushed into the Lochsa River by an avalanche two weeks ago.
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March 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Was anyone hurt in that truck accident?
March 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hi R.J.,
According to a Tribune story February 2: One of the avalanches slammed into a loaded lumber truck, knocking it off the snowy roadway and into the chilly Lochsa River. The driver was not on board the truck at the time, (Idaho Department of Transportation spokesman Mel) Coulter said.
Authorities haven’t been able to remove the rig from the river because of dangerous conditions. Two other trucks, Coulter said, were partially buried by the slide.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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