Bulletin: Update on fatal crash near Twin Falls

The Twin Falls Sheriff's Office just sent out a media release

regarding the automobile crash in that county that claimed the lives

of two recent Coeur d'Alene High School graduates, Ryan Reinhardt,18,

and Devon Austin,19, and injured another, Jessica Duran, 19.

According to the release, the trio left a party in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, after they were involved in an altercation with others at

the party.  At one point they were chased by several people from the

party in another vehicle.  Following the chase, Reinhardt failed to

make a curve in the road, and his vehicle, a 1998 Toyota Camry, rolled

several times. Both Reinhardt and Austin were pronounced dead at the

scene.  Duran was treated and released from St. Luke’s Magic Valley

Regional Medical Center.

Excessive speed and alcohol are believed to be factors.

Lori Stewart, the Public Information Officer for the Twin Falls County

Sheriff's Office, told The Press the investigation is ongoing and is

being handled as a single-car crash.

"We do know there was a chase, and we believe that alcohol was a

factor all the way around," Stewart told The Press.

Stewart would not release any details about the other vehicle.

The incidents leading up to this crash are still being investigated.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Twin Falls County

Sheriff’s Office at 208-735-4398.