Train collision accident results in 1 death, 2 injured
Fort Hall Police Department at the wreckage.
FORT HALL — Fort Hall resident Billie Jo Kaiyou, 41, succumbed to her injuries after she and two others were taken to Portneuf Medical Center after a white four door sedan collided with a Union Pacific freight train July 7 at the intersection of Highway 91 and Sheepskin Road.
The two other occupants of the vehicle were Kayla Yupe, 23, and Cordell Tissidimit, 22, both of Fort Hall.
Fort Hall Police Dispatch received a call around 1:23 p.m. of the incident. A female was taken by Portneuf Air Rescue, a male was taken by Fort Hall EMS while another female was transported by Pocatello EMS — all to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.
Wreckage seen from Highway 91 on July 7.
FHPD advises the vehicle was heading east on Sheepskin Road across the tracks and the train was heading north when the collision occurred. The FBI, Tribal Fish and Game, Idaho State Police and a Union Pacific Railroad investigator assisted.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
