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July 27, 2007--Two people are dead after an accident in Poweshiek County this morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 7:20 a.m., just a mile south of I-80 on Highway 63.Forty-nine-year-old Daniel Jones of Oskaloosa was driving north on Highway 63, when the southbound vehicle of 34-year-old Cynthia Zapp of Montezuma crossed the center line and struck him head-on.Jones was...

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August 9, 2007 -- Boone County officials are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist Wednesday night.The sheriff's office says around 9:00 p.m. they responded to the hit-and-run on county road R-18 a few miles northwest of Woodward.The sheriff's office says the victim is a 53-year-old Boone County man who was riding his bicycle north on the road. Witnesses say he was hit by a...

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July 30, 2007--The names of two people who died in a crash in central Iowa Sunday night have been released. The driver, 17-year-old Almir Trnjanin of Johnston and his passenger, 18-year-old Kacy Wagner of Norwalk were killed in the two vehicle accident. It happened Sunday night around 7:30 in Norwalk, at the intersection of Highway 28 and Beardsley. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup truck was...

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July 26, 2007 -- A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run incident Thursday night in Des Moines, and police have charged the man they believe was driving with drug related vehicular homicide.Police say the victim, 15-year-old James Smith of Des Moines, was hit by a vehicle as it tried to pass another vehicle in the 7000 block of Bloomfield Road at about 9:00 Thursday night. Smith later died at...

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August 1, 2007--The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a morning accident that killed three people on Highway 30 near Toledo. The accident happened at 10:15 Wednesday morning, tying up traffic and shutting down Highway 30 for a time.Officials say 37-year-old Shellie Dochterman, of Cedar Rapids, was driving a vehicle headed eastbound on Highway 30 when she overcorrected after dropping onto the...

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July 16, 2007--Fort Dodge police are looking for a driver involved in a fatal hit and run accident. Officials say around 2:30 Sunday morning, 19-year-old Cia Thornton of Fort Dodge was crossing the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and 12th Street when she was hit by a car. Thornton was taken to the hospital where she died.Police say they seized the vehicle believed to be involved in the...

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July 20, 2007-- Boone County officials are investigating a fatal accident near Perry. The Boone County Sheriff and Iowa State Patrol say it happened just after 10:00 this morning on a gravel road at an uncontrolled intersection. Officials say 47 year-old Paula Fairchild died after the car she was a passenger in collided with a semi at 335th and G Avenue. Fairchild was airlifted to Methodist. ...

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A Des Moines man has died, after being struck by a pickup truck Tuesday night. Des Moines police say 54-year-old Rick Byrkett Senior ran across Euclid Avenue and into the path of a pickup truck.Officials say 24-year-old Tangi Hafenbrack was driving west on Euclid at East 14th Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, when Byrkett tried to cross in front of her vehicle. He was hit by the truck and taken...

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Yan Jianyang, spokeswoman for China's Food and Drug Administration, confirmed that the former head of the Food and Drug Agency, Zheng Xiaoyu, has been executed. Yan says that China is trying to improve the standard of safety for products produced within the country. Some say Xiaoyu's execution was too harsh, but "likely indicates the leadership's determination to confront the country's dire...

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In February 2006, two young girls were killed in a Lakeland, Florida car accident. The family of one of the girls, 9-year old Morgan Bryant, was recently awarded almost $45 million in the wrongful death and personal injury case that they brought to trial. About $40 million of the awarded money was for personal injury; the remaining $5 million for wrongful death. Morgan's mother, Carla Bryant,...

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State records show that 94 Iowans have gone to the hospital in the last three years as a result of accidents involving lawn mowers. Lawn-mower related injuries occur mostly to the hands and feet, but are sometimes more serious and possibly fatal. A 63-year old man died recently from a lawn-mower accident in Runnells. He was mowing down a steep slope when the mower flipped and rolled over...

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On Saturday, June 16, two people were killed in a car crash on Interstate 80. The accident occurred early in the morning near Williamsburg in Iowa county. There were several passengers that were thrown from the car and four were injured. Two people in the car from Chicago, 39-year old Mary Ann Schmitz and 13-year old Jeremy Smith, were killed. The accident remains under investigation, but...

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A woman in her 20's was pronounced dead after riding the Mind Scrambler ride at Playland Amusement Park in Rye, New York in Westchester County. The Mind Scrambler is an indoor ride that has cars that travel in a circular path while rotating. Emergency workers responded, but "there wasn't very much anybody could do for her," O'Leary said. The woman, who was in her 20s, was pronounced dead at the...

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With the recent increase in motorcycle sales, more insurance companies are providing motorcycle insurance. Some state laws only require motorcyclists to carry liability insurance, but some motorcyclists are becoming more cautious and want more coverage including fire and theft as well as collision insurance. This is partly due to the fact that there has recently been a large increase in...

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A house fire on Tuesday, May 15 led to the death of a brother and sister in Keokuk, Iowa. The children were Elizabeth White and Dylan White. A medical examiner has determined that the cause of death was smoke inhalation. The parents, Matthew White and Joyce Boley, suffered serious burns and were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals. One other child also survived the fire. The cause of the...

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