REXBURG – The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office environment has cleared a Rexburg law enforcement officer associated in a February vehicle crash.
Reserve officer Dale Wright was responding to a fire call on Feb. 27 when he was struck by an additional vehicle at the intersection of College Boulevard and South Highway 191.
Wright went by way of a red light-weight with crisis lights flashing when he was T-boned by an additional driver.
Dash digital camera video attained by EastIdahoNews.com displays Wright was driving at a slow fee of speed when he entered the obvious intersection headed east and was strike by a driver traveling south.
“The other vehicle entered the intersection and the driver may well have experienced some vision obstructions from other autos stopped,” Rexburg Police Captain Randy Lewis explained.
Wright and the driver of the other vehicle sustained minimal accidents. The law enforcement vehicle was totaled.
Incident reconstruction was carried out by Idaho State Police officers and the investigation was turned in excess of to the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office environment.
Prosecutors established Wright did not violate any legal guidelines throughout the incident. Idaho Code forty nine-623 lets for officers to “carry on earlier a red or end sign or end sign,” when responding to emergencies. The law consists of a caveat that when responding, officers should really make use of an “audible sign … or noticeable flashing light-weight.”
The driver of the other vehicle was not cited.
Wright has returned to get the job done on the law enforcement force and the situation is viewed as closed.
Post time: Jan-22-2017