Accident articles related to Des Moines
Three people are dead, and three others are injured after a crash involving a tow truck and multiple motorcycles in Iowa. Ronald Meeker, Steven Starkey and Julie Starkey died in the crash. Joseph Baker, Adam Opal, and Samantha Opal were injured.
A driver was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines. The driver of the semi-truck was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
A semi-truck crashed into a small sedan on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines Wednesday morning, killing one person and injuring another.
Walker Reid Maassen, a nearly 2-year-old toddler, died after being struck by a truck driven by his father on the family farm in Sioux Center, Iowa. Officials have no plans to file charges and believe the child's death was an unfortunate accident. The community has rallied around the family, offering support and organizing a meal train.
A tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel rolled over on I-35 in Alleman, Iowa, causing traffic to be limited to one lane in both directions. The crash involved a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle, and both drivers sustained minor injuries. All lanes were reopened just after 1 p.m.
Chad Morman, a teacher at Perry High School, died in a car crash on Saturday night. Morman was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was ejected. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.