80-year-old semi truck driver dead after crash near Wallace

An 80-year-old semitruck driver died Sunday morning after another rig crashed in front of him on Interstate 90 near Wallace, Idaho.

Arthur T. Houston, 53, of Avondale, Arizona, was driving westbound when he lost control and struck both guardrails before screeching to a halt just before 9:30 a.m., the Idaho State Police reported.

Philip B. Bendtsen, 80, of Sartell, Minnesota, was driving behind Houston and couldn’t stop in time to avoid the immobilized truck. He crashed into Houston’s trailer and was pronounced dead at the scene, the ISP reported.

Houston was injured and taken to Shoshone Medical Center.

The westbound lanes were blocked for about seven hours.