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10/20/2009
Steve Lombardi
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Oxford, Iowa I-80 Road Construction Crew Semi-Truck Collision

We don’t have much information this morning but it’s being reported by Radio Iowa and the Des Moines Register that a road construction crew on I-80 near Oxford, Iowa were injured with a semi-truck collided with one of the cement or concrete barriers in a construction zone. Oxford is about nine miles west of Coralville, Iowa. The collision occurred late yesterday morning. You have to wonder if the semi-truck driver was texting or talking on a cell phone.

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I-35 I-80 I-235 I-380 Collisions/Accidents

8/21/2010
Steve Lombardi
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August 21, 2010 - Iowa State Crash Reports - Fatal Car Accidents

Lawyers who handle car accidents in Iowa along the Interstate Highway System, like I-80, I-35, I-235 and I-380 need experience. Steve Lombardi has been a personal injury lawyer for over 30 years and has represented over one thousand clients while recovering millions of dollars. Let him help you with your serious injury or death claim. He works with out-of-state clients from other states and other countries.

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8/21/2010
Steve Lombardi
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August 20, 2010 - Iowa Car-Truck-Accidents Resulting In Injury

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8/19/2010
Steve Lombardi
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If a driver on a U.S. Highway falls asleep can he be liable for the death he causes?

I’ve had the experience of taking a class where the assignment was to write your own obituary. In other words write out what you want other people to say about you at your own funeral. I believe Mr. Payetta understood the meaning of touching other people’s lives. What a nice looking family. I’m not sure how anyone gets over something like this. The photograph shows a wife and another child left behind to grieve and search for answers. I appreciate that when father’s die at a young age no answer is good enough or satisfied the hollowness that never seems to go away. With some tragedy there is no good answer.

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8/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Terrible Crash on I-80 Leaves 6 Dead

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8/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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UPDATE: Six dead in I-80 Multi-Vehicle Crash

There’s been a serious two-vehicle wreck on I-80 near Colfax, Iowa that killed six people. The collision happened on Saturday morning. A westbound minivan carrying seven people is reported to have drifted across the median and striking an eastbound vehicle head-on. I wonder if the driver of the minivan fell asleep. Terrible really five were declared dead at the scene; and a 5-year-old child was flown to Iowa City where they later died. Miraculously three passengers in the minivan survived with minor injuries. I-80 was shut down from Exit 159 to 164 for about 4-hours. Colfax is in Jasper County, Iowa.

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8/11/2010
Steve Lombardi
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What should I do if I strike a black cow in the roadway in rural America?

As a service to our clients living outside of Iowa we provide this list of crash reports from the Iowa State Patrol. We understand the difficulty our clients from out of state have in resolving a car, motorcycle, SUV, semi or truck accident case from outside of Iowa. We are here to assist you. If you have had an accident in Iowa but live in another state please give us a call and we will provide whatever services are needed to assist concluding your insurance settlement. 515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com. Our website is www.lombardilaw.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

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8/8/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Polk County Car Accidents

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8/8/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Iowa Fatalities

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8/8/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Iowa Car Accidents Causing Injury and Property Damage

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7/26/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Are sink holes possible on I-35 and I-80 in Iowa?

For those driving through Kansas City, Missouri know that westbound I-70 to westbound I-435 there will be detours and delay, due to a sinkhole that developed. A full lane of travel has fallen off this five-lane section of road. See KMBC-TV for the full story and before leaving on a trip travelling through KC check the MoDOT site for updated road conditions.

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7/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Did texting while driving kill this Iowa teen?

Evidence at the crash site shows texting killed this Iowa teen. A 17-year-old from Iowa has died from a single-vehicle accident caused by her being distracted with texting at the wheel. She was running an errand when the accident occurred. She was from Mechanicsville, Iowa. Texting while driving is not much different than driving while under the influence of alcohol. The driver was a very pretty young lady. You can see her photograph at Teen was likely sending text message before fatal crash. The accident happened on Yankee Avenue. The car was heading southbound when she lost control, entered the west ditch, overcorrected and rolled. I’ve written extensively about this subject and wonder who the other person was who was being texted?

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5/26/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Another I-35 Road Construction in Iowa is Coming

There are other projects more important to people from around the state of Iowa. The other road work is listed in the Des Moines Register and includes those listed below. WHO also carries coverage for Road Work. A printable state projects list and map can be obtained online with the Iowa Department of Transportation.

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4/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Big Brother on I-235, I-80 and I-35; Coincidence or a sense of humor?

Did George Orwell place the 84 cameras on the interstate in Des Moines? George Orwell wrote a book that was later turned into a movie. The title is Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, written in 1949 the thought police control society not so much for what they have done, but for what they are thinking. What we have is a police state trying to control the population by discovering and then reeducating (or eradicating) those who think in ways contrary to the wishes of the controlling and powerful few.

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4/7/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Traffic Snarls at the LeClair I-80 Bridge to Illinois

Le Claire, Iowa – The I-80 Bridge crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois will undergo $10.3 million of repairs and will be closed to traffic starting on Monday. The closing will continue to perhaps July 2010. Here is how the Des Moines Register reporters the traffic flow, rerouting and detoured routes.

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3/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Interstate Travel Safety - What not to do after an Interstate Crash

I’ve written before about it being dangerous to walk away from an accident. Scott County, Iowa - It happened again; this time in Iowa on I-80 near Le Claire. In this case we have two people who attempted to walk to safety after the car they were in got stuck in the median; probably du to snow covering or standing water and mud.

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2/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Interstate Highway Mystery – Where did that body come from?

Shelton, Nebraska – Buffalo County - I-80 collision between two semi-trucks leaving one driver dead. After jackknifing in the westbound lane of Interstate 80 a second semi-truck also in the westbound lane collided with it, killing the driver of the jackknifed semi-truck. It’s reported to have occurred around 4:48 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2010. The driver of the second truck is a 49-year-old man from Altoona, Iowa. He was hospitalized in Kearney, Nebraska at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Nebraska Highway Patrol investigated along with the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office. The report is from Sarah Schultz with The Grand Island Independent news organization.

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2/15/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Does the OnStar System Eliminate Stolen Cars and High Speed Chases?

Recently I covered a high speed chase on I-35 near Ames, Iowa. The driver of the car being chased by police crossed over the median strip and headed the wrong-way into oncoming southbound traffic. He ran head-on into a semi and died. The issue is one of the safety of non-offending drivers and their passengers. What if a mother and a kids’ soccer team in a van was struck head-on rather than a semi-truck? Then what?

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2/12/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Would hedges on the I-80 and I-35 Median Strip Help or Hurt?

Would hedges planted on the Interstate highways in Iowa reduce head-on collisions during the winter months? On January 25, 2010 at 2:10 pm we had a crash on I-80 in Iowa County. A van being driven by J. Jones was heading west and began sliding out of control. It slide right across the median strip and collided with a semi-truck being driven by Blair Hall of Brooklyn, Iowa. Poor Mr. Jones died in the ensuing collision. It got me wondering about how to stop cars from sliding clear across the median; and the first thing that comes to mind is planting a hedge. They are inexpensive, easy to maintain and would probably allow a car or van to slow or stop after striking it. A hedge would be better than a concrete barrier. The hedge wouldn’t cause an alternative major crash.

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2/7/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Crappy Consumer Insurance: USAA’s Fade-Away UM Coverage –Disserving the US Military

What USAA is doing is shameful. They are taking advantage of our servicemen and servicewomen to make a buck for them leaving our young men and women without insurance coverage when they need it the most. The shame is on you USAA. Your policy language comes right out of the gutter where you should have left it.

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2/3/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Is the Ohio Legislature Sucking on Lead Painted Lollipops?

Ottumwa, Iowa native Danielle N. Brinser, 20, a senior airman at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was killed when trying to cross Ohio 444 on a green light. The other vehicle failed to stop and yield at the intersection light. The other car was driven by Nicholas C. Hart, 23 who failed to stop for the red light and struck Brinser’s Toyota.

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1/21/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Driving on I-35 from Texas to Minnesota - Speed limits

Speed limits in the US are set by each state or territory. The speeds chosen depend on a designation selected according to the type of road or the area surrounding the highway. In Iowa for instance we have I-80 and I-35 joining together for a 15 or 20 miles stretch as these roads wrap around Des Moines in central Iowa. Along this conjoined interstate highway the speed drops from 70 to 55 mph. Trucks are allowed to drive at the same speeds as cars when on the freeway.

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1/14/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Loose Lug Nuts on the Interstate Can Mean Big Trouble

The report is about an accident in Dallas on I-35 where you have a semi-truck losing a wheel that strikes a minivan with a child passenger who is injured and taken to the hospital. Which leads me to wonder about how the wheel came off? The report is that a tire came loose and became a projectile but that’s nearly impossible. It’s important that we report things accurately in order for people to understand what went wrong and how to avoid a wheel coming off.

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1/12/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Interstate Highway Safety - Driving Distracted

Driving carefully may not be enough to save your life. After all you just might be a passenger and not responsible for driving any vehicle. On the other hand I like to remind my children that sometimes it's not what you do or don't do, but the other drivers who are the one's who are driving distracted. And they can be the ones who ultimate cause the collision and wreck your life. I guess being a personal injury attorney let's you see many types of collisions out there and there isn't a crash scenario that you can't conjure up in your mind at any point on the highways. I don't know maybe I've been doing this too long?

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1/11/2010
Steve Lombardi
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Interstate Travel and Dealing with Fatigue

Interstate travel presents many risks that are different than you’d expect to encounter with in-town driving. And fatigue is one of them. I regularly see people on Interstates 80 and 35 that drive along beside a semi-truck. They aren’t considerate and don’t think twice about the semi driver perhaps not even realizing they are beside his rig. Some are on cell phones increasing the risk of an accident. It’s frustrating for me to see so many people with so many distractions while driving and it seems they could care less about the risks posed.

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