Automobile Accidents

• Polk City Accident - Personal Injury

  Steve Lombardi | August 18, 2007 12:04 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  July 23, 2007--Emergency crews responded to an accident in rural Polk City this morning. Three people were involved in the accident, which happened around 8:30 a.m. just northwest of Big Creek State Park. The Polk County sheriff's department says two pick-ups collided in the intersection of Northwest 146th Avenue and 128th Street. One of the people involve din the accident was airlifted to...

• David Edmunds Injured As Other Vehicle Crosses Center Line on I-29 In Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | August 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Council Bluffs rescue transported two men to Creighton University Hospital Saturday after their vehicles collided around 1 p.m. According to reports, Taneko Brown, 35, of Omaha was southbound on Interstate 29 in a 2000 Buick Regal just north of the 13th Avenue railroad overpass. He reportedly crossed the median and collided with David Edmunds, 57, of Council Bluffs who was northbound on I-29 in...

• Former Waterloo Resident Dies in Two-Car Accident

  Steve Lombardi | August 14, 2007 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  http://theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS01WAYLAND, MO. --- A former Waterloo woman died Friday while returning to Iowa for a high school reunion.Pamela (Moran) Lujan, 47, of Clarksville, Tenn., had been to her 20th and 25th Central High reunions and was looking forward to the 30-year get-together last Saturday, said her sister, Lisa Casey.Lujan was traveling with a friend...

• Story County, Iowa Woman is Seriously Injured

  Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  August 4, 2007--A woman is at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines recovering from a serious car accident. The crash happened in Story County around 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the junction of Highway 30 and 680th Avenue, just west of Colo.Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald says a teenage boy driving a white pick-up truck made a left hand turn at the intersection, slamming into the woman's brown...

• High Incidence of Teen Car Crashes May Lead to Better Precautions

  Steve Lombardi | August 05, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety reports that the risk of vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19 year olds than any other group. Teens in this age group are four times more likely to crash than older drivers. With all the new technology today, teen are distracted by iPods, talking on the phone, and text messaging while driving. Perhaps the answer is to find ways to better prepare...

• Iowa Centenarians Continue to Drive

  Steve Lombardi | August 04, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Of the 2.15 million licensed driver's in Iowa, citizens 100 years and older make up only a tiny percent. There are currently 35 licensed drivers in Iowa who are 100 years or older. Scott Falb, a spokesman for the Department of Transportation, says that drivers 80 years and older have more accidents per licensed driver than younger drivers.Statistics show elderly drivers are as risky or riskier...

• Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Results In Several Deaths - Tort Reform Needed?

  Steve Lombardi | August 02, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A bridge along the main north-south highway through Minneapolis, Interstate 35W, collapsed on Wednesday, August 1. At about 6:00pm, the bridge began to buckle and sway before it fell into the river below. Officials say there were about 50 vehicles on the eight-lane bridge when it fell, killing at least 4 people instantly. Rescue workers are waiting to help this morning until officials decide...

• Severe Accident Kills Two Children on I-80

  Steve Lombardi | July 23, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On Sunday, July 15 in the early afternoon, a Ford Explorer flipped four or five times on Interstate 80 before it flew over the median and landed in a ditch. The car was heading westbound on I-80 near Newton when the driver lost control. The severe accident caused the death of two children.The two victims pronounced dead at the scene were 13-year old Andrea Bockenstedt and 10-year old Aaron...

• Vehicle Crash Ratings Available Online

  Steve Lombardi | July 21, 2007 12:30 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Protect yourself and your right to recieve fair compensation.Car accidents cause a significant number of deaths each year. And although car-related fatalities have been decreasing in the last decade, it may not be due to safer driving. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the reason behind the decrease in car-related fatalities is improvements in vehicle safety...

• Pedestrian Severely Injured After Being Hit by a Des Moines Bus

  Steve Lombardi | July 19, 2007 4:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  George Mogensen was walking along East Grand on Tuesday, July 17 when he crossed the street and was hit by a Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority bus. The driver of the bus, Gary Cozad of Indianola, was taken in for testing after the accident. There was no evidence of alcohol in Cozad's body and the results of a drug test have yet to be released. Charges have not been filed against...