Bellevue man dies in single-car crash
A Bellevue man died early Sunday morning
in a single-car accident on State Highway 75 near the intersection of
Countryside Boulevard in Hailey.
J. Crus Ruiz Murillo, 34, was traveling
northbound on Highway 75 when his vehicle went off the right shoulder at about
6;30 a.m., the Idaho State Police said in a news release. Ruiz over corrected,
crossed the highway and struck a gate into the Friedman Memorial Airport. He was
ejected from the vehicle, which rolled and came to rest on its roof.
Police said Ruiz was not wearing a seat
belt, and that alcohol was a factor in the crash.
An obituary appears on Page A20 of the
April 9, 2003 printed edition of the Idaho Mountain Express.