As of Friday, Iowa’s traffic death count stood at 312, which officials with the state Department of Transportation said outpaced the death toll for that same date in the four previous years.
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Rod Boshart Crashes Nov. 22, 2021 12:22 pm
As of Friday, Iowa’s traffic death count stood at 312, which officials with the state Department of Transportation said outpaced the death toll for that same date in the four previous years.
A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers through fraudulent buying practices.
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Crashes Nov. 16, 2021 8:09 am
The Iowa State Patrol said 59-year-old Jay Statser of West Liberty was traveling westbound on I-80 in a 1998 Ford Explorer about 10:44 p.m. when he lost control, entered the north ditch and struck a bridge pillar for the Highway 1, or North Dodge Street, overpass.
Crashes Nov. 12, 2021 2:58 pm
The crash that killed Iowa State Patrol Trooper Ted Benda last month happened when he swerved to avoid a deer while responding to a call at high speed, Iowa State Patrol reported Friday.
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Crashes Nov. 9, 2021 12:44 pm
At about 6:10 p.m., a driver was traveling north on Highway 1, between Iowa City and Solon at Fox Lane NE, when a deer ran into the path of the car, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
Crashes Nov. 8, 2021 2:00 pm
A 12-year-old girl driving a Polaris Ranger UTV with a passenger lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over into a ditch, ejecting the driver and pinning her underneath, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The juvenile passenger was not injured in Sunday’s crash.
Crashes Oct. 29, 2021 3:19 pm
Hundreds of Iowa State Patrol troopers gathered in Waukon for the funeral of Trooper Ted Benda, who died Oct. 20 after crashing his patrol car while going to assist with a call in Clayton County. The service at the Waukon High School was expected to be attended by family, friends, community members and law enforcement.
Crashes Oct. 27, 2021 2:35 pm
The funeral begins at 11 a.m. at Waukon High School and is being livestreamed.
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Crashes Oct. 24, 2021 2:14 pm
Steven Kohli, 69, was checking the damage to a vehicle he was in that had just struck a deer on Interstate 35 in southwest Warren County.
Crime and Courts Oct. 22, 2021 4:02 pm
Officers investigating a Sunday night shooting in south Iowa City that has a 20-year-old Marine fighting for his life have identified a person they suspect to be “responsible for the driver’s injury” and believe the shooting was “unintentional.”
Crashes Oct. 22, 2021 12:05 pm
Police found the 20-year-old with a gunshot wound inside a crashed car in southeast Iowa City. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Iowa City Police Department.
Crashes Oct. 20, 2021 4:46 pm
He was responding to a Clayton County call for service when he crashed north of Postville
Crashes Oct. 19, 2021 1:47 pm
Two were killed and one person was injured following a head-on collision along Highway 150 in Buchanan County near Hazleton.
Crashes Oct. 18, 2021 5:18 pm
Iowa City police found an unconscious 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound in a vehicle on Highway 6 when responding to a traffic crash on Sunday.