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A motorist veered off of northbound U.S. Highway 95 in Fruitland Wednesday afternoon and struck two people on a sidewalk, according to Idaho State Police. Both of the pedestrians died, and now the driver is facing possible felony charges, police said. The crash is being investigated as a homicide. Thursday afternoon, ISP identified the two victims as: Matthew A. Parkinson, 22, of Kuna, and a female juvenile (name not released). The driver was identified as: Jason L. Verwer, 37, most recently residing in Fruitland.
In 1975, the second largest historic Idaho earthquake struck the Pocatello Valley west of Malad City. This magnitude 6.1 event damaged 520 homes. Finally, in 1994, the magnitude 5.9 Draney Peak earthquake occurred along the Wyoming-Idaho border. For these reasons, the residents of Malad City, Preston, Paris, Montpelier, and Soda Springs are very familiar with the rumbling of earthquakes. The Bear Lake fault zone is recognized as one of the most active in Idaho. The Cache fault hosted the 1962 magnitude 5.7 Richmond earthquake on the Utah-Idaho border. One of the most dangerous faults in southeast Idaho is the northernmost segment of the Wasatch fault near Malad City.