NAMPA, ID : Three-vehicle crash, overturned truck snarls traffic in Nampa on Wednesday, December 28th 2016

A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 84 in Nampa on Wednesday morning after it was struck by a merging pickup truck.

The crash blocked some eastbound lanes of traffic on I-84 near the Garrity Boulevard interchange just before 10 a.m.

Idaho State Police investigators say Carrie Lupton, 45, of Nampa, was trying to merge onto the highway when she lost control of her vehicle and struck the tractor-trailer driven by Lonnie Smith, 57, of Weiser. Smith’s truck overturned, blocking two of the eastbound lanes.

Smith was taken by ground ambulance to a Nampa hospital.

A third vehicle driven by Russel Njilay, 19, of Meridian, hit debris that was in the roadway from the crash.

Everyone in the vehicles involved in the crash were wearing seatbelts, according to ISP.

Lanes continued to be blocked in the area while crews removed the tractor-trailer and the load of lumber it was hauling.

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Three-vehicle crash, overturned truck snarls traffic in Nampa