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Two missing dogs found after a crash on Highway 16

Two missing dogs found after a crash on Highway 16

Credit: Photos by Troy Colson/KTVB

Three people were hurt in a head-on crash involving two pickup trucks on Highway 16 Tuesday morning.

by KTVB.com

NWCN.com

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 9:07 AM

Updated Thursday, Nov 5 at 9:27 AM

GEM COUNTY -- Two dogs involved in Tuesday's head-on crash that went missing have been found.

The dogs are Cam and Otter.

The man whose wife and son were involved in the crash emailed us saying he found the dogs on Wendesday and they are almost no worse for the wear.   

His wife was not hurt in the crash.

His son is still in serious condition at St. Alphonsus.

The head-on crash involved two pickup trucks on Highway 16 Tuesday morning. 

The accident happened around 11:30 a.m. at mile post 9.5 between Chaparral Road and Jackass Gulch Road, near Freezeout Hill.

Idaho State Police, Ada and Gem County Sheriff's departments responded to a two-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes. 

Wayne Ison of Emmett was headed south when he spotted the driver of a Nissan pickup trying to pass other vehicles, several at one time. 

He said drivers were swerving to avoid the Nissan, but one could not get out of its path. 

Ison estimates the two trucks were traveling around 65 mph upon impact. 

Police say Heidi Lund, 40, of Caldwell was the driver of the 1989 Nissan pickup. 

She was northbound in the southbound lanes when she struck a 2005 Ford pickup driven by Pamela Crosby, 56, of Emmett.  It was a head-on impact.

Lund and her passenger Darrell Lund, 39, of Emmett, and Crosby's passenger John Crosby, 28, of Emmett, were flown by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. 

The Lunds are listed in critical condition, while John Crosby is in serious condition.  Pamela Crosby was not hurt.

Police say the Lunds were not wearing seatbelts, while the Crosbys were buckled up.

Police are still investigating the crash.  It is unknown if alcohol was a factor.

The highway was blocked in both directions for more than two hours and traffic was diverted away from the crash while emergency crews responded.

We learned three dogs were involved in the crash.  Two of them went missing but have been found.

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