Crashes

A motorcyclist who fled from Cedar Rapids Police officers Wednesday was seriously injured when he crashed into a bus in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

A motorcyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon after crashing into a bus near the intersection of O Ave and Ellis Blvd NW, Cedar Rapids.

The identities of three adults who were killed in a crash in Cedar Rapids Friday night have been released by the Cedar Rapids Police Department. The crash also killed a 13-year-old, whose name was not released by police but who was identified on a GoFundMe page started on behalf of his family.

Court records say two teens were drag racing when they crashed with another car in May.

A Cedar Rapids man has been charged with vehicular homicide and operating while intoxicated after his vehicle struck two pedestrians in the road Sunday, killing one and injuring the other.

An accident in Muscatine County south of Nichols Saturday morning killed a driver and injured two others, including a 4-year-old child.

A chain of events triggered by a wheelbarrow in the roadway on the bridge spanning the Iowa/Wisconsin Border led to a fatal accident Saturday.

Traffic fatalities in Iowa in 2023 are higher than they’ve been at this point in the year for the past five years, with more than 300 people killed so far.

A crash between a motorcyclist and another driver has caused a traffic buildup Monday afternoon in southwest Cedar Rapids.

The Cedar Rapids man who was killed Tuesday evening when his motorcycle was struck by a car that was trying to pass in a no-passing zone is being remembered as someone who was “always kind” and “never took things seriously.”

The Cedar Rapids man was airlifted for treatment after a single vehicle rollover into a ditch off of Ely Road, south of Ely.

The crash, which happened in the area near Casey’s General Store in Fairfax Friday night., killed a Cedar Rapids man.