Accident articles related to Cedar Rapids
A 17-year-old passenger, Chloe Hutchcraft, tragically died in a motor vehicle accident in Jasper County, Iowa. The driver, Benjamin Kelne, has been charged with multiple offenses including involuntary manslaughter.
A woman was injured in a crash with a cement truck in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The incident occurred at Highway 13 and County Home Road. The driver of the Traverse was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
An infant in Arizona was thrown from a vehicle and died in a crash over the weekend. A 30-year-old man and a 9-month-old girl were thrown from the vehicle in the collision. The infant died at the scene, and the man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police have cited 16-year-old Jonathan McCaffery as the driver who hit and killed Iowa National Guard soldier Corey Hite. McCaffery has been cited with Failure to Yield to a Pedestrian in a Crosswalk. The accident occurred on May 22nd in Iowa City. Hite, who was jogging at the time, passed away two weeks later from his injuries.
Traffic on Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids is back open after a semi hit a Nissan Xterra near the intersection of Mount Vernon Road and Wanatee Creek. No one was injured in the incident.
A crash occurred on I-380 near St. Luke's Hospital causing delays. The right lane was blocked off but has since been cleared and traffic should resume to normal.
One person is dead and another was injured after a crash in Marion involving a semi-truck Tuesday morning. The crash occurred at County Home Road and North 10th Street. The driver of the Nissan Rogue was taken to a hospital for serious injuries. A passenger in the vehicle died at the scene.
A Coralville woman, Felicia Tharp, died in a motorcycle crash involving a deer and another vehicle in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The crash happened at the intersection of I-380 southbound and Wright Brothers Boulevard. Police are still trying to identify the driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash.
Iowa National Guard Soldier Corey Hite has passed away after being hit by a car on May 22nd in Iowa City. Hite suffered life-threatening injuries, including brain swelling, multiple skull fractures, a broken pelvis, and holes in his lung and kidney. He was three weeks from retirement when the crash happened.
One person has died and three others were injured in a fatal crash in Iowa City. Jennifer Russell, 22, was pronounced dead at the University of Iowa Hospitals. Iowa State Patrol is investigating.