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Idaho woman dies in paramedic garage door accident

The Idaho Press-Tribune

CALDWELL, Idaho — A Caldwell woman and former employee of Canyon County Paramedics died after she was found pinned under a garage door at the Canyon County Paramedics building on Specht Avenue in Caldwell.

A report from the Ada County Coroner’s Office stated 35-year-old Melissa Farris died of asphyxiation at 2 a.m. Friday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

Caldwell Police Department officers were dispatched to the building Thursday at about 11:25 p.m. after a report of a woman possibly trapped under the garage door.

Full story: Investigators believe Farris attempted to go under the door as it was closing