Boise man injured in crash south of Mesa

MESA — An Idaho driver was injured Tuesday, April 12, after his car slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer on southbound U.S. Highway 395.

Matthew C. Campbell, 39, of Boise, Idaho, was transported to a Pasco hospital following the 5:55 a.m. crash near Milepost 42, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Campbell was cited for second-degree negligent driving, the report said.

At the time of the crash, Campbell was southbound in a 2008 Lexus three miles south of the city when he rear-ended a 2006 Peterbilt truck towing a 2022 TTMI trailer, the patrol reported.

The driver of the truck, Jose L....