Crime & Safety

Lost A Shelving Unit? ISP Would Like To Talk To You

A shelving unit dropped out of a vehicle earlier this week on I-84 caused a crash. Troopers would like to find the owner and witnesses.

A Cascade man was hospitalized after swerving to avoid the shelving unit and hitting the median.
A Cascade man was hospitalized after swerving to avoid the shelving unit and hitting the median. (Shutterstock / Victor Moussa)

NAMPA, ID — Idaho State Police are looking for witnesses to help them find whoever lost a large metal shelving rack on Interstate 84 in Nampa earlier this week.


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On Tuesday, June 29th at 6:22 a.m., ISP Troopers responded to a call of a single-vehicle crash on the westbound interstate between Franklin and Northside Boulevards. The rack was reportedly blocking the lane closest to the median. A driver of a small Toyota SUV reports swerving to avoid hitting the metal rack and striking the median.

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The driver, a 20-year-old man from Cascade was taken to a nearby hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigating Troopers would like to locate the vehicle that lost the rack and speak with the driver. Anyone with information is urged to call ISP District 3 at 208-884-7360.

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