Traffic snarled near Coeur d’Alene for hours after freeway crash closes I-90

A van and trailer that flipped on Interstate 90 near the Yellowstone Trail overpass just east of Coeur d’Alene snarled traffic for hours Saturday, according to the Idaho State Police.

The camp trailer, being pulled by an eastbound van driven by 82-year-old Russell Maggio of Henderson, Nevada, began to fishtail just before 10:30 a.m. Both the trailer and the van flipped on their side, crashing into the concrete barriers separating the east and west lanes, pushing several of them into westbound traffic.

Westbound driver Kayla Hamlin, 30, of Osburn, was hit by the concrete barriers and pushed into a westbound motor home driven by 65-year-old Dale Gauer of East Helena, Montana.

Maggio and his passenger, 72-year-old Karen Maggio, were taken to Kootenai Health with minor injuries. No one else was injured. Everyone was wearing their seat belts, the ISP said.

The freeway was closed in both directions for more than four hours while the vehicles were removed and the concrete barriers replaced.