Accidents that occured in Iowa or impacted Iowa residents.
Two teens were killed in a crash in Union County, Iowa. The incident occurred when a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by another vehicle. Halsie Lynn Barnes and Ella Jo Leonard died from their injuries. A candlelight vigil is planned in their honor.
A man died Friday after crashing his pickup into a wall and utility pole in Des Moines. The crash occurred at 1:19 p.m. on the 2200 block of Washington Avenue. The driver's identity hasn't been released.
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.
A man driving a motorcycle died after colliding with a pick-up truck near Council Bluffs on Saturday morning. Officers and medics were dispatched to the on-ramp to I-80 westbound from Highway 6.
A bicyclist died this week after colliding with a vehicle in the Indianola Hills neighborhood of Des Moines. The accident at the intersection of Southeast Sixth Street and Pioneer Road was reported at 4:07 p.m. Wednesday. De'Wayne Lee Cole, 40, of Des Moines, was seriously injured and later died at the hospital.
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.
One person was killed after their car crashed into a field and caught on fire overnight in Franklin County, Iowa. Adam L. Booker, 34, ran a stop sign and broadsided another vehicle before his car caught on fire. Booker died at the scene, while the driver of the second vehicle, Spencer J. Brinkman, 26, was injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
A semi carrying a load of hogs rolled into a ditch in Sioux City, Iowa. The accident occurred on Friday morning when the semi was taking an off-ramp. Fortunately, the driver and passenger were not injured.
Traffic is delayed after a multi-vehicle crash on westbound I-80 between West Branch and Iowa City. The right lane was blocked but has since been reopened. No fatalities reported.
One person died in a two-vehicle accident in Lee County, Iowa. The driver of an SUV failed to yield at an intersection and was hit by an oncoming freightliner truck. The victim was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.