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Charge filed in Interstate 380 wrong-way crash
Aug. 11, 2014 12:41 pm
A charge has been filed against an elderly man who drove the wrong way on Interstate 380 and caused a crash last month.
According to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, 71-year-old John Coverdale was cited with violation of a one-way traffic designation.
Sometime around 6:50 a.m. on July 23, Coverdale drove the wrong way at Kirkwood Boulevard. Police were called about the wrong way driver heading north in the southbound lanes of Interestate 380 at 6:53 a.m. While officers were en route, Coverdale was in a collision involving seven vehicles, including his own.
The collision closed southbound 380 for about an hour.
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