Articles Tagged: Fatal crash

A Cedar Rapids motorcyclist who crashed into a bus Wednesday while fleeing from Cedar Rapids Police has died from his injuries, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

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.

Emergency crews responded a report of a two-vehicle crash with trapped occupants and one car on fire, according to police.

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.

Tony Hoffman, 43, who had volunteered with the Ionia Fire Department for 17 years, was flown to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota but later died.

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

The pedestrian was struck on Williams Boulevard, near the Casey’s General Store in Fairfax. The male died at the scene of the crash.

Witnesses testified Tuesday during a bench trial for Jack McCaffery, 17, of North Liberty, who is cited for failure to yield in the right a way in a crash that resulted in the death of an Iowa National Guard soldier on May 22.

A motorcyclist who was involved in a crash on Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids last week has died in the hospital from injuries related to the crash.

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.

A Washington County woman was killed Monday after the car she was driving was hit by a truck in Iowa City.

Jack McCaffery, 17, pleaded not guilty to a traffic violation issued after a fatal crash on May 22 that resulted in the death of Corey Hite, a National Guard soldier. His trial is set for Aug. 29.

Parents of an Iowa City woman are suing two teens for negligence because their “drag racing” on East Court Street caused them to crash into their daughter’s car, killing her.