Five people, including an 8-year-old child, died when the van they were riding in was hit broadside by a potato truck just north of Rexburg.
A Brigham City, Utah, woman was seriously injured in the accident.Authorities said it appeared the van carrying eight people skidded through a stop sign on slick pavement at a rural intersection Wednesday night and was hit by the truck. The group was apparently on a sledding outing to St. Anthony Sand Dunes. The suspected driver and the other two passengers have been hospitalized. The truck driver was treated for minor injuries and released.
Dead are three Ricks College students - Lisa Nelson, 20, Trudi Tanner, 19, and Veniece Ricks, 20, all of Rexburg - Sugar-Salem High School basketball player Shaun Dexter, 17, and Nelson's sister, Lacey Nelson, 8.
Injured in the accident were LaNae Nelson, 18, (also a sister) critical condition; Emily Erickson, 19, Brigham City, Utah, in serious condition; and Kent Ricks, 18, Rexburg, fair condition.