‘I was on my phone texting’: Deputy says she’s ‘such an idiot’ for causing head-on crash that killed 80-year-old man, injured driver’s 76-year-old wife, police say

A fatal crash allegedly involving a Bingham County, Idaho sheriff

A fatal crash allegedly involving a Bingham County, Idaho, sheriff’s deputy occurred on Wolverine Road in Firth, Idaho, in February 2024. (Google Maps). Inset: Stephanie Grisham (Bingham County Sheriff’s Office Facebook).

Prosecutors in Idaho have charged now-former Bingham County Sheriff’s Deputy Stephanie Grisham with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter after they say she caused a two-car collision in February, killing an 80-year-old man and injuring his wife as she was texting while driving.

The crash occurred on Feb. 1 on Wolverine Road west of the 600 North and 1100 East intersection near Goshen in Bingham County. Grisham was charged last week, East Idaho News first reported on July 29, citing a probable cause affidavit.

A Firth, Idaho, fire captain who responded to the wreck relayed to a detective what the deputy allegedly said to him after the crash.

“I screwed up. I was on my phone texting. I’m such an idiot,” Grisham allegedly said, according to the affidavit.

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