NorthwestJune 13, 2015

RIGGINS - An 18-year-old Grangeville man was killed Friday in a car accident north of Riggins.

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Seth M. Garrettson, 18, of Grangeville, was traveling south on U.S. Highway 95 at around 8:50 a.m. Friday in a 2000 Subaru Legacy when the Idaho State Police said he lost control of his vehicle and it slid off the right side of the roadway. The Subaru continued down a steep embankment, where it overturned and came to a rest on its top. Garrettson was ejected from the vehicle and died of his injuries at the scene, according to the state police.

Garrettson was not wearing his seat belt, according to the state police. He was taken to Blackmer Funeral Home of Grangeville.

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