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IDAHO FALLS — A woman was arrested after she crashed into a DMV building in Idaho Falls. The incident happened Thursday night and was reported at 11:25. There was “extensive damage to the north side of the DMV building,” according to Idaho Falls Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Clements. A driver and three adult passengers were traveling southbound on Yellowstone Avenue at E Street. The white Mazda SUV jumped the curb, drove onto the grass, hit two parked vehicles owned by the county and crashed into the north end of the building, Clements said. The driver, Breeyona Vallo, 21, was...

When she was a senior in high school in Akron, Ohio, Jessica Clements joined the Army reserves. She was deployed to Iraq, and though she was scared, she was ready to defend her country. On May 5, 2004, Jessica's worst fear came true. A roadside bomb was detonated near the unarmored truck she rode in, along with eight other soldiers and a civilian. The shrapnel from the bomb shot into Jessica's lower back and penetrated her skull into three different lobes of her brain. -snip- She was given only a 2 percent chance of survival. To remove the largest pieces...