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CORONER IDENTIFIES PASSENGER IN BOISE COLLISION

For Immediate Release From Coroner Richard D. Riffle
NAME: Russell Butler
DATE AND TIME OF PRONOUNCED DEATH: 03/15/2023 @ 1243 hours
AGE: 81 years
BIOLOGICAL SEX: Male
PLACE OF DEATH: Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center; Boise, ID
RESIDENCE: Boise, Idaho
CAUSE OF DEATH: Pending
MANNER OF DEATH: Pending
SUMMARY:  At 1302 hours on 03/15/2023, the Ada County Coroner’s Office was dispatched to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. 81-year-old Russell Butler of Boise, Idaho, was pronounced dead in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit after lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.  Russell Butler was the passenger in a two-vehicle collision that occurred on 03/12/2023, at approximately 1429 hours, on S. Federal Way and W. Targee Street in Boise, Idaho.

The investigation is being conducted by the Boise City Police Department.

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