Weiser Train Crash Kills One

WEISER, ID — On Monday, August 9, 2021, at 5:13 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash at the intersection of River Dock Road and US95, near Weiser.

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David L. Vink, 69, of Middleton, was driving eastbound on River Dock Road in a 2006 Lincoln Town Car. Vink failed to yield to an oncoming northbound train which struck the vehicle.

Upon impact, the vehicle traveled off the tracks, struck a power pole, and caught fire fully becoming fully engulfed in flames. Vink succumbed from his injures at scene.

This crash is under investigation by Idaho State Police.

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