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Cedar Rapids man killed in Washington County crash

Apr. 19, 2022 11:58 am
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A Cedar Rapids man was killed Friday morning in a car crash in Washington County, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.
Madhu S. Niraula, 48, was driving west in a 2006 Nissan Sentra on Hickory Street in Riverside when he crossed the centerline and crashed into a Dodge Ram truck pulling an oversized shed on a trailer.
Niraula’s vehicle hit the left front corner of the shed, then crossed the road and hit the front porch of a house on the side of the road.
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The crash report doesn’t indicate what caused Niraula to cross over the centerline.
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