April 20—A 55-year-old Grangeville man was killed Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash near Harvard, according to a news release sent Friday morning by Idaho State Police.
The wreck happened Thursday around 1 p.m. at the intersection of Idaho State Highways 6 and 9, about eight miles east of Potlatch.
The man who died was identified by the Latah County coroner as Andrew M. Abbott. The cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries.
Abbott was driving a gray Toyota Tacoma westbound on Idaho State Highway 6 and was following a gray Kenworth logging truck with overly long logs sticking out the back, the news release said.
At the intersection of the highways, the Kenworth entered the left turn lane and the Tacoma continued westbound. As the Kenworth made the turn onto State Highway 9, an overlong log swung into the westbound lane of State Highway 6 and struck the upper cab of the Tacoma.
According to the press release, the driver suffered fatal injuries from the log.
The Tacoma continued uncontrolled on State Highway 6 westbound for a short distance before going off the right shoulder through a barbed wire fence and coming to rest in a field on the north side of the highway, the news release said.
The Kenworth continued south and later found itself in Juliaetta. According to the news release, the car was driven by a 55-year-old man from Troy.
The roadway was not closed, but traffic control was in place so officers could investigate the crash.
ISP continues to investigate the incident.
