Automobile Accidents

• Woman Killed in Car Accident with Semi-Truck Loaded with Hogs

  Christina Cole | March 22, 2007 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  An Iowa woman was killed in a car crash Wednesday, that involved a semi-truck loaded with hogs. The 65-year-old woman, of Manning, died when her vehicle collided with the semi-tractor after she failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of two county roads, according to Iowa State Police.The accident occurred when the woman was traveling south on M-66, and the driver of the semi-tractor,...

• Stop, look and listen - Good advice even in rural Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 12:25 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  On September 21rst 2009 a New London woman died after she drove her pickup truck around the crossing arms at the railroad tracks and was hit by an Amtrak train. The accident happened in eastern...

• Trailer Safety Isn't an Option

  Steve Lombardi | October 16, 2009 1:40 PM | 4 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The Iowa State Patrol reports on this one. I’ve had a similar case and personally tow a trailer so I’m very aware of trailer towing safety. On October 3rd 2009 Christopher Ludwig was...

• Distracted or Drinking and Driving Crash Kills Again

  Steve Lombardi | September 20, 2009 8:20 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A September 14, 2009 crash in Allamakee County, Iowa at 2:50pm occurred when a Toyota Tundra left the curved roadway, crashed into the ditch and rolled. While on Suttle Creek Road, Northwest of...

• Driving Safety: "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

  Megan Roth | February 07, 2009 10:20 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  After reading Thursday's post, you now know two things: 1) you know about my first car accident and 2) you know the dangers of PEDOs. We told your what happens when pavement edges slant more than...

• Helicopter Lands on First, Hit by Fire Truck on Second, but Who Called 9-1-1?

  Steve Lombardi | September 11, 2009 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Tort Reform Hits a Snag Responding to an accident in southeast Iowa a MedForce helicopter was struck by a Mediapolis Fire Department truck grounding it and its crew. Two spokesmen for...

• Cell Phones: INTOXICATION V. IN-TEXT-ICATION - Which is worse?

  Steve Lombardi | April 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The consequences for using your cell phone while driving? None. Zip. Nada. That's right, folks. Never mind the statistics; the equally impairing act is not yet punishable by law.We ended the...

• 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...

• Stop, Look and Listen – Hear that train a coming!

  Steve Lombardi | October 20, 2009 7:00 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  One more train-car collision that killed three people; including a 2-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old in Macomb, Mississippi. The children were two boys and a mother young woman was...

• Driving While Under the Influence of a Video Game

  Steve Lombardi | October 19, 2009 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Did a McDonalds Happy Meal video game toy cause the accident that killed two people? Prosecutors are accusing a man with two counts of homicide by vehicle and two counts of serious injury by vehicle...