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| July 5, 2014 9:00 PM

• Four injured after three vehicles hit moose on I-15

INKOM - Four people were injured after three vehicles hit two moose on Interstate 15 in southeastern Idaho.

The Idaho State Police say 26-year-old Tyler Winiecke of Provo, Utah, was traveling northbound on I-15 south of Inkom when his vehicle hit a moose just after 11:15 p.m. Thursday.

Rebecca Richins of Rigby also was northbound when her vehicle hit a second moose.

Then a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Stephanie Chamberlain of Salt Lake City collided with the carcass of one of the animals.

Winiecke and his passenger, 24-year-old Sarah Winiecke, along with Richins and her passenger, 21-year-old Daniel Richins, were taken to the hospital in Pocatello.

• Officials identify victims of Lochsa River crash

The Idaho State Police has identified the woman and child presumed dead after a car went off U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho and into the Lochsa River.

Sgt. Rich Adamson says the bodies of 22-year-old Talia Rushing and 2-year-old Layton Hallmark of Boise have not been found.

The ISP says 29-year-old Boone Hallmark fell asleep while driving at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Adams says Hallmark tried to get the victims out of the car, but was washed out of the vehicle by the fast-moving water.

Hallmark was treated at a Grangeville hospital and released.

Divers have not been able to remove the car from the water.

- Associated Press