Bicycle causes five-vehicle crash near Blackfoot

BLACKFOOT — A crash near Blackfoot on Saturday morning had northbound traffic at a standstill for about two hours late Saturday morning.

Idaho State Police report that the incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. A bicycle fell off a rack mounted on the back of a GMC truck. The bike landed in the lane of travel, causing a domino effect on the vehicles driving behind the truck.

A 40-year-old Soda Springs man in a Subaru was able to stop and avoid hitting the bicycle, Idaho State Police stated in a news release. However, the Rigby woman behind him, driving a Chevy truck with a camp trailer attached, wasn’t able to stop.

“(This) caused a chain reaction involving two more vehicles,” a news release from Idaho State Police says.

A Boise man pulling a flatbed trailer with a raft on it apparently hit the Rigby woman’s truck, and was then hit from behind by a Jeep Renegade driven by a 26-year-old Montana woman.

Although none of the drivers were identified by Idaho State Police, they were all reported to be wearing their seat belts. There were no injuries reported.

Idaho State Police is still investigating the incident, and no other information is available at this time.