BOISE, IDAHO — A 70-year-old Creston man died Friday when he was thrown from a vehicle onto Interstate 84 near Mountain Home.
Larry Schad was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred around 2:50 p.m. when a 2002 Dodge Durango driven by Joyce Schad drifted off the right shoulder of I-84, east of Mountain Home. The report said the driver overcorrected and the Durango crossed both eastbound lanes, entering the median.
The Durango then rolled through the median and entered the westbound lanes, where it came to rest on its wheels.
Larry Schad, reportedly unrestrained in the rear seat, was ejected from the vehicle as it rolled and died at the scene.
Joyce Schad, 70, was transported by air ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise with serious injuries. Another passenger, 52-year-old Burton Wright of Idaho, was also transported with serious injuries. Both are still hospitalized.
The driver of a semi-truck also involved in the wreck was treated and released at the scene.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.
Larry Schad was born Oct. 16, 1946, in Bridgewater. He was a 1965 graduate of East Union High School. He served in the U.S. Navy, sailing on the USS Independence aircraft carrier.
Schad was retired from a 30-year career with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, including a position as track foreman. He was also a member of the Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Association, and attended many HAM radio events throughout the Midwest. He was part of the association’s annual participation in nationwide emergency radio field exercises under simulated emergency conditions.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr.
Messages to Joyce Schad can be sent to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, 1055 N. Curtis Road, Boise, Idaho 83706; or online at http://bit.ly/2wZUiTS.