Pedestrian fatalities on Iowa roadways decreased significantly last year, despite those numbers rising nationally. The reason for the drop in deaths in Iowa is difficult to pin down.
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Pedestrian fatalities on Iowa roadways decreased significantly last year, despite those numbers rising nationally. The reason for the drop in deaths in Iowa is difficult to pin down.
Traffic was backed up Tuesday evening on I-380 northbound after a motorcycle crashed into the back on an SUV, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
A Washington County woman was killed Monday after the car she was driving was hit by a truck in Iowa City.
A Vinton woman who crashed a car into a Cedar Rapids apartment building in July has received a traffic ticket for reckless driving and will be required to pay a $200 fine.
A Cedar Rapids man who was found dead after a car crash Thursday may have died before the crash, according to the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
“Iowa has been trying to incorporate them into their state retirement system for public safety personnel, but the legal review came back and said they couldn't do that because of how these employees are classified,” National Emergency Number Association CEO Brian Fontes said.
The driver overcorrected and the vehicle rolled, causing the driver to be ejected from the cab.
Brett Moravek, 38, of Marion, was walking along the south shoulder of U.S. Highway 30, west of Mechanicsville, at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to an Iowa State Patrol accident report.
A man walking along U.S. Highway 30 in Cedar County was struck and killed Tuesday night as he crossed the roadway, according to an Iowa State Patrol accident report.
The victims — a 46-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl — died when their Toyota Camry was struck head-on by a Ford F350 that crossed the center line of a highway near Atlantic, Iowa. The other driver was also killed, and two children were injured in the crash.
Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery’s teenage son was cited for a simple misdemeanor in a crash that resulted in the death of Corey Hite on May 22. Hite, a soldier with the Iowa National Guard, was out for jog when struck by the SUV.
A woman was killed and two passengers injured Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Williamsburg, according to an Iowa State Patrol accident report.
Vijay Pisini, a hobby pilot who has been flying for 20 years, made his first emergency landing in rural southwest Cedar Rapids on Saturday, when the engine cut out on his new Berkut 540 plane during its maiden voyage.
Five people were injured in a boat explosion likely caused by a mechanical malfunction on Lake Rathbun in Appanoose County on Sunday, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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