Accident at Highway 65 Collision in Lucas County

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1/5/2011
Steve Lombardi
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Accident at Highway 65 Collision in Lucas County

This is the same collision as the one I've already commented on twice so today I'm not going to do it again. Call with questions. 515-222-1110 or sdlombardi@aol.com. I will try to include the entire report. It was out of Lucas County in Highway 65.

DRIVER OF VEHICLE #1, RACHEL GREENE, HAD PARKED HER VEHICLE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SHOULDER OF HWY 65 IN ORDER TO RENDER AID TO VICTIMS OF A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE VEHICLES WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND LYING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROADWAY. AFTER EXITING HER VEHICLE, GREENE OBSERVED VEHICLE #2 NORTHBOUND. HER SON ATTEMPTED TO SIGNAL THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE #2 WITH A FLASHLIGHT TO STOP DUE TO THE ROADWAY BEING BLOCKED. VEHICLE #2 ENTERED THE ACCIDENT SCENE, SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND SKIDDED. THE REAR TIRES OF THE TRAILER BEING TOWED BY VEHICLE #2 STRUCK THE INJURED DRIVER, MICHAEL BRADLEY WHO WAS LYING IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE #2 THEN WENT ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND SHOULDER AND STRUCK VEHICLE #1. BOTH VEHICLE #1 AND #2 CAME TO REST PARTIALLY IN THE WEST DITCH. THE PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WAS COVERED BY TRP. TUCKER #487, CASE #2010072543.

Crash Information

L O C A T I O N	Date of Accident 12/22/2010	Time of Accident 07:30 PM	County Lucas - 59	Accident occurred within corporate limits of (city)	Law Enforcement Case Number: 2010072532
	Literal Description 1/2 NORTH OF JCT H50 AND NB 65 ON 65				Legal Intervention? No	Private Property? No
					X-Coordinate: 460353.4
					Y-Coordinate 4531390.

U N I T 1	Driver's Name - Last			First			Middle		Suffix
	City			State				Zip
	Driver's Age					Citation Charge Code 1		Citation Charge 1
	Gender	State	Class	Endorsements None	Restrictions None	Citation Charge Code 2		Citation Charge 2
	Alcohol Test Given?			Drug Test Given?		Citation Charge Code 3		Citation Charge 3
						Citation Charge Code 4		Citation Charge 4
	Seating Position	Injury Status	Occupant Protection		Airbag Deployment	Airbag Switch Status		Ejection	Ejection Path	Trapped
	Transported to:					Transported by:
	Insurance Co. Name
	Year 2005		Make		Model RLY		Style VN		Approximate Cost to Repair or Replace 7500
	Initial Travel Direction 3 - South	Vehicle Action 12 - Legally Parked	Speed Limit 55	Point of Initial Impact 07 - Left Side	Most Damaged Area 07 - Left Side	Extent of Damage 4 - Disabling damage	Underride/Override 3 - Underride, no compartment intrusion
	Total Occupants 1	Traffic Controls 01 - No controls present	Vehicle Config. 03 - Van or mini-van	Cargo Body Type 01 - Not applicable	Vehicle Defect 01 - None	Driver Condition	Vision Obscured	Contributing Circumstances, Driver (up to 2)
	SEQUENCE OF EVENTS			First Event 21 - Vehicle in traffic	Second Event	Third Event	Fourth Event	Most Harmful Event (by vehicle) 21 - Vehicle in traffic
	Emergency Vehicle Type 1 - Not applicable					Emergency Status 3 - Not Applicable
	Carrier Name			City		State			Zip
	Number of Axles			Gross Vehicle Weight Rating		Placard #			Hazardous Materials Released?

U N I T 2	Driver's Name - Last RUARK			First RICHARD			Middle LEE		Suffix
	City ALLERTON			State IA - Iowa, US				Zip 500080000
	Driver's Age 71					Citation Charge Code 1		Citation Charge 1
	Gender Male	State IA - Iowa, US	Class A - Veh w/26001 GVWR or more Towed unit is 10001 GVWR or more	Endorsements N - Tank	Restrictions B - Cor Lenses	Citation Charge Code 2		Citation Charge 2
	Alcohol Test Given? 1 - None			Drug Test Given? 1 - None		Citation Charge Code 3		Citation Charge 3
						Citation Charge Code 4		Citation Charge 4
	Seating Position 01 - Front: Left Side / Motorcycle Driver	Injury Status 4 - Possible	Occupant Protection 2 - Shoulder and lap belt used		Airbag Deployment 1 - Deployed front of person	Airbag Switch Status 9 - Unknown		Ejection 1 - Not ejected	Ejection Path	Trapped 1 - Not trapped
	Transported to:					Transported by:
	Insurance Co. Name EWING ENTERPRISES INC
	Year 2003		Make		Model T-600		Style CONV		Approximate Cost to Repair or Replace 15000
	Initial Travel Direction 1 - North	Vehicle Action 10 - Slowing/stopping	Speed Limit 55	Point of Initial Impact 01 - Front	Most Damaged Area 08 - Left Front	Extent of Damage 3 - Functional damage	Underride/Override 6 - Override, parked/stationary vehicle
	Total Occupants 01	Traffic Controls 01 - No controls present	Vehicle Config. 07 - Truck/trailer	Cargo Body Type 02 - Van/enclosed box	Vehicle Defect 01 - None	Driver Condition 1 - Apparently normal	Vision Obscured 01 - Not obscured	Contributing Circumstances, Driver (up to 2)
	SEQUENCE OF EVENTS			First Event 06 - Evasive action (swerve, panic braking, etc.)	Second Event 20 - Non-motorist (see non-motorist type)	Third Event	Fourth Event 23 - Parked motor vehicle	Most Harmful Event (by vehicle) 23 - Parked motor vehicle
	Emergency Vehicle Type 1 - Not applicable					Emergency Status 3 - Not Applicable
	Carrier Name EWING ENTERPRISES INC			City CLIO		State IA - Iowa, US			Zip 50052
	Number of Axles 5			Gross Vehicle Weight Rating 80000		Placard #			Hazardous Materials Released?

ACCIDENT ENVIRONMENT		ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS Major Contributing Circumstances:	WORKZONE RELATED?	SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Location of First Harmful Event 1 - On Roadway	Weather Conditions (up to two) 02 - Partly cloudy	Environment 7 - Previous accident	Location	First Harmful Event of Crash (use codes 11-42 only) 20 - Non-motorist (see non-motorist type)
Manner of Crash/Collision 7 - Sideswipe, opposite direction	Weather Conditions (up to two) 02 - Partly cloudy	Roadway 03 - Debris	Type
Light Conditions 5 - Dark, roadway not lighted	Surface Conditions 1	Type of Roadway Junction/Feature 01 - No special feature	Workers Present?

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BRADLEY

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MICHAEL

Middle
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Zip Code

Age
58

Sex
Male

Unit No.

Seating Position
15 - Pedestrian

Injury Status
1 - Fatal

Occupant Protection

Airbag Deployment

Airbag Switch Status

Ejection

Ejection Path

Trapped

Transported to:
STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S LAB

Transported by:
FIELDING FUNERAL HOME

NON-MOTORIST

Type
8 - Other (wheelchair, etc.)

Location
8 - Other non-intersection (explain in narrative)

Action
8 - Other (explain in narrative)

Condition
8 - Other (explain in narrative)

Safety Equipment
4 - None

Contributing Circumstances
03 - Lying or sitting in roadway

Unit No. of Vehicle Striking
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NARRATIVE

Officer CHRISTENSEN	Badge No. 268	Time Officer Notified of Accident 17:32	Time Officer Arrived At Scene 17:50
Name of Agency P02	Date of Report 12/22/2010	Investigation made at scene? Yes	T.I. #

Any questions about this report may be directed to the following address:
Iowa State Patrol District 02 Office
1619 Truro Pavement
Osceola,IA 50213-8383

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