Police identify three victims killed in crash

Summary

Police identified the victims as 38-year-old Dionicio Crispin Yauri, 21-year-old Maria Bernardino Melchon and 37-year-old Eliana Bobadilla. All three were living with relatives in the area.

Story Created: Nov 3, 2009 at 9:48 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 3, 2009 at 9:48 PM MDT

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — The Blaine County Sheriff has identified the three victims in a motor vehicle crash that injured five others as three Peruvian natives.

Police identified the victims as 38-year-old Dionicio Crispin Yauri, 21-year-old Maria Bernardino Melchon and 37-year-old Eliana Bobadilla. All three were living with relatives in the area.

The crash that involved three different vehicles occurred Friday afternoon on Idaho Highway 75. An investigation into the crash, which closed traffic on the highway for nearly three hours, continues.

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