Troy Mason Bennett, 37, of Salmon, Idaho, and formerly of Fernley, Nev., passed away on July 14, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Garden Valley, Idaho.
Funeral services were held on Friday, July 18, at the First Presbyterian Church of Salmon with the Pastor Heidi Smith conducting. Burial was in the Salmon Cemetery with military honors provided by the American Legion Lloyd Shaw Post 67.
Troy was born on Dec. 7, 1970 in Wickenburg, Ariz., the oldest of three children born to Robert and Kathy (Bright) Bennett. He grew up in Wickenburg where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1989.
Troy joined the Army for four years serving in Germany and Desert Storm. He was honorably discharged in June of 1993 and returned to Wickenburg.
He was united in marriage to Angela Collette in May of 1994 in Wickenburg and they were later divorced.
Troy moved to Fernley, Nev., in 2003 where he worked for Amazon.com until recently. He moved to Salmon, Idaho, in June 2008 where he was employed by River Shuttles at the time of his death.
Source: The Wickenburg Sun Newspaper; Wickenburg, Arizona, Wednesday July 23, 2008
BOISE COUNTY -- Idaho State Police confirm that one person has died in two separate crashes that occurred Monday morning on the Banks-Lowman Highway.
According to Idaho State Police investigators the first crash occurred at 10:15 a.m.
Police say Troy Bennett, 37, from Fallon, Nevada, was driving westbound on Highway 17 at mile marker 21, when for an unknown reason his vehicle went off the left shoulder of the road. Bennett then overcorrected and came back on the road and was hit in the driver's side door of another vehicle driven by Robert Andrews, 52, from Challis, Idaho.
Bennett, who was not wearing a seat belt, died instantly as a result of his injuries.
Both Robert Andrews and his passenger Barbara Andrews were air lifted to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Their conditions have not been released.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this crash.
Source: KTVB.com Idaho News, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Funeral services were held on Friday, July 18, at the First Presbyterian Church of Salmon with the Pastor Heidi Smith conducting. Burial was in the Salmon Cemetery with military honors provided by the American Legion Lloyd Shaw Post 67.
Troy was born on Dec. 7, 1970 in Wickenburg, Ariz., the oldest of three children born to Robert and Kathy (Bright) Bennett. He grew up in Wickenburg where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1989.
Troy joined the Army for four years serving in Germany and Desert Storm. He was honorably discharged in June of 1993 and returned to Wickenburg.
He was united in marriage to Angela Collette in May of 1994 in Wickenburg and they were later divorced.
Troy moved to Fernley, Nev., in 2003 where he worked for Amazon.com until recently. He moved to Salmon, Idaho, in June 2008 where he was employed by River Shuttles at the time of his death.
Source: The Wickenburg Sun Newspaper; Wickenburg, Arizona, Wednesday July 23, 2008
BOISE COUNTY -- Idaho State Police confirm that one person has died in two separate crashes that occurred Monday morning on the Banks-Lowman Highway.
According to Idaho State Police investigators the first crash occurred at 10:15 a.m.
Police say Troy Bennett, 37, from Fallon, Nevada, was driving westbound on Highway 17 at mile marker 21, when for an unknown reason his vehicle went off the left shoulder of the road. Bennett then overcorrected and came back on the road and was hit in the driver's side door of another vehicle driven by Robert Andrews, 52, from Challis, Idaho.
Bennett, who was not wearing a seat belt, died instantly as a result of his injuries.
Both Robert Andrews and his passenger Barbara Andrews were air lifted to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Their conditions have not been released.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this crash.
Source: KTVB.com Idaho News, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Troy Mason Bennett, 37, of Salmon, Idaho, and formerly of Fernley, Nev., passed away on July 14, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Garden Valley, Idaho.
Funeral services were held on Friday, July 18, at the First Presbyterian Church of Salmon with the Pastor Heidi Smith conducting. Burial was in the Salmon Cemetery with military honors provided by the American Legion Lloyd Shaw Post 67.
Troy was born on Dec. 7, 1970 in Wickenburg, Ariz., the oldest of three children born to Robert and Kathy (Bright) Bennett. He grew up in Wickenburg where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1989.
Troy joined the Army for four years serving in Germany and Desert Storm. He was honorably discharged in June of 1993 and returned to Wickenburg.
He was united in marriage to Angela Collette in May of 1994 in Wickenburg and they were later divorced.
Troy moved to Fernley, Nev., in 2003 where he worked for Amazon.com until recently. He moved to Salmon, Idaho, in June 2008 where he was employed by River Shuttles at the time of his death.
Source: The Wickenburg Sun Newspaper; Wickenburg, Arizona, Wednesday July 23, 2008
BOISE COUNTY -- Idaho State Police confirm that one person has died in two separate crashes that occurred Monday morning on the Banks-Lowman Highway.
According to Idaho State Police investigators the first crash occurred at 10:15 a.m.
Police say Troy Bennett, 37, from Fallon, Nevada, was driving westbound on Highway 17 at mile marker 21, when for an unknown reason his vehicle went off the left shoulder of the road. Bennett then overcorrected and came back on the road and was hit in the driver's side door of another vehicle driven by Robert Andrews, 52, from Challis, Idaho.
Bennett, who was not wearing a seat belt, died instantly as a result of his injuries.
Both Robert Andrews and his passenger Barbara Andrews were air lifted to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Their conditions have not been released.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this crash.
Source: KTVB.com Idaho News, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Funeral services were held on Friday, July 18, at the First Presbyterian Church of Salmon with the Pastor Heidi Smith conducting. Burial was in the Salmon Cemetery with military honors provided by the American Legion Lloyd Shaw Post 67.
Troy was born on Dec. 7, 1970 in Wickenburg, Ariz., the oldest of three children born to Robert and Kathy (Bright) Bennett. He grew up in Wickenburg where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1989.
Troy joined the Army for four years serving in Germany and Desert Storm. He was honorably discharged in June of 1993 and returned to Wickenburg.
He was united in marriage to Angela Collette in May of 1994 in Wickenburg and they were later divorced.
Troy moved to Fernley, Nev., in 2003 where he worked for Amazon.com until recently. He moved to Salmon, Idaho, in June 2008 where he was employed by River Shuttles at the time of his death.
Source: The Wickenburg Sun Newspaper; Wickenburg, Arizona, Wednesday July 23, 2008
BOISE COUNTY -- Idaho State Police confirm that one person has died in two separate crashes that occurred Monday morning on the Banks-Lowman Highway.
According to Idaho State Police investigators the first crash occurred at 10:15 a.m.
Police say Troy Bennett, 37, from Fallon, Nevada, was driving westbound on Highway 17 at mile marker 21, when for an unknown reason his vehicle went off the left shoulder of the road. Bennett then overcorrected and came back on the road and was hit in the driver's side door of another vehicle driven by Robert Andrews, 52, from Challis, Idaho.
Bennett, who was not wearing a seat belt, died instantly as a result of his injuries.
Both Robert Andrews and his passenger Barbara Andrews were air lifted to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Their conditions have not been released.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this crash.
Source: KTVB.com Idaho News, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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