An Idaho Falls man is charged with vehicular manslaughter for an accident at about 2:55 p.m. May 9 that killed a 61-year-old woman from Terreton.

Octavio Daniel Ortega Avila, 22, was driving a 1996 GMC Sierra pickup and had a head-on collision with a Kia driven by Doris Arlean Prine at 5th East and 97th North off Lewisville Highway, according to court records. Avila was ejected from his pickup and transported to a hospital, while Prine was declared deceased at 3:09 p.m. that day by Idaho Falls Paramedics who arrived at the scene.

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