Idaho Newsman Oxley Dies In Crash

State police say Chuck Oxley, a longtime Idaho newsman and former media director for the state’s Democratic Party, has been killed in a car crash near Blackfoot. Police say in a release that the pickup truck the 46-year-old Oxley was driving on Saturday left the roadway and rolled over, killing him and leaving a juvenile female passenger with minor injuries. He apparently first swerved off the road and then overcorrected, causing the accident, which occurred about 4 p.m. on U.S. 26, about 21 miles west of Blackfoot. Police say the passenger, who wasn’t further identified, was treated Bingham Memorial Hospital and released. Oxley was managing editor of the Blackfoot Morning News and a former reporter for The Associated Press and editor at the Idaho Statesman/ AP . More here . H/T: Meghann Cuniff