Ontario, OR : Seven people injured in three-vehicle crash on February, Thursday 15th 2018

Three people from Payette were among seven individuals who were taken to area hospitals after a three-vehicle crash Thursday evening east of Payette.

Idaho State Police responded to the crash on Highway 52 at milepost 7.5, 4 miles east of Payette, at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Feb. according to a news release.

According to state police, Kristin Robinette, 35, of Payette, was traveling west on the highway in a 2009 Nissan Sentra, and Christopher Parks, 33, of Payette, was traveling east in a 1995 Ford Ranger. Shedrick Ofilas, 23, of Payette, was traveling behind Robinette in a 2011 Toyota Camry.

While making a left turn into a rest area, the car Robinette was driving hit Parks’ pickup. Parks then went onto the right shoulder, overcorrecting and going into the westbound lanes, hitting the Ofilas’ car, according to the release. The Nissan landed in the eastbound lanes; the Ford landed in the middle of the road; and the Toyota landed in the westbound lanes.

Robinette and Ofilas, along with three passengers from California in Ofilas’ vehicle, Ernesto Corpuz, 31, Melanie Corpuz, 31, and Gloria De Vera, 57, were taken by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Clinic in Fruitland, the release states. Parks and a passenger in Ofilas’ vehicle, Romulo De Vera, 62, also of California, were taken by LifeFlight to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

Robinette, and her passenger Levi Robinette, 29, of Payette, were wearing their seatbelts; Parks was not; however state police say it is unknown whether occupants in the Toyota were wearing theirs.

The lanes were blocked for about 2 hours and 45 minutes.


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Seven people injured in three-vehicle crash