Boise woman airlifted to hospital after single-vehicle rollover crash on Idaho 21
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated that Janice Ricks was ejected from the vehicle.
Three people were hospitalized following two separate Treasure Valley car crashes on Saturday, Idaho State Police said in a news release.
The first crash occurred on Idaho 21 shortly after 10 a.m. Officials said a 58-year-old Idaho City woman, Kathleen Peterson, was driving northbound in an Isuzu SUV when she went off the right shoulder of the road, overcorrected and returned to the roadway, according to a Wednesday release. She then went off the right shoulder again and overcorrected once more, rolling her vehicle.
Peterson was taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise in a ground ambulance. Her passenger, a 50-year-old woman from Boise, Janice Ricks, was transported to Saint Al’s via air ambulance. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Saint Al’s, Mark Snider, told the Idaho Statesman that Ricks is still at the hospital in critical condition. Peterson is no longer a patient at Saint Al’s.
Police said the crash closed both lanes of the highway for about three hours.
The second crash occurred about an hour later in Caldwell at 21st Avenue and Franklin Road. A 58-year-old Nampa man, Kenneth Lyons, was reportedly heading north on 21st Avenue on his motorcycle when he crossed over the center line into oncoming traffic, where he was struck by a sedan driven by a 77-year-old Caldwell man.
Lyons, who was wearing a helmet, was taken by ground ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. As of Thursday, he is still in critical condition at Saint Al’s, according to Mark Snider, a spokesperson for the hospital. The driver of the sedan was uninjured.
This story was originally published July 26, 2021 at 11:49 AM.
