Tractor-trailer crash sends seafood spilling into backyards

Kendrick residents salvage frozen seafood from the wreckage of a tractor-trailer that plummeted off state Highway 99 on Sunday. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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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.

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