Tractor-trailer crash sends seafood spilling into backyards

KENDRICK, Idaho – Investigators are still trying to determine how a truck driver lost control of tractor-trailer and spilled thousands of pounds of frozen seafood down a hillside and into a residential backyard.

The accident occurred Sunday near Kendrick, after the driver lost control steering through a sharp corner at the bottom of a five-mile descending grade on Idaho Highway 99.

Idaho State Police say the driver, Kevin J. Storm, 42, of Yankton, S.D., was transported to a Lewiston hospital and was listed in fair condition.

Much of the cargo – boxes of frozen tuna, crab legs and other seafood – tumbled down a 100-foot hill into the backyards of homes below.

Much of the food was salvaged and later distributed by the local food bank.