Iowa Car Accidents for mid-January 2011

It's Monday, the weekend is all but a memory and we are back to the grind of our working weeks. Let's take a few minutes to see what the Register and KCCI are reporting about personal injury accidents in Iowa.

The Des Moines register reported about the Boone fatality case that I blogged about on Saturday, the Powell collision. There was a six-car crash on I-235 in the westbound lanes shortly after 5:40 on the evening of January 7, 2011.

A woman was found after a house fire; and it's reported she is deceased. In an earlier story the same house fire is noted. There is another house fire in the Spirit Lake area and an 82-year-old woman was discovered. Perhaps our first reaction is to think she died in the fire, but that may or may not be true. The cause of death will have to await the results from the autopsy.

The reported 2010 traffic fatalities are "relatively low" according to a story on January 4, 2011. It appears there were 391 in Iowa during 2010.

A West Des Moines care accident took the life of Shawn Elmore (43) when he struck a utility pole and then knocked out power to homes and businesses for over an hour.

The cause of the fire remained undetermined in the fire related investigation in Arlington. This is the mobile home fires earlier discussed in another blog. See also "Man, 2 grandsons die in trailer blaze near Arlington."

And let's see what KCCI is reporting in the manner of personal injury accidents. It's been some time since I've checked in on KCCI's site.

• Woman Found Dead In Home
• Driver Killed In Icy Road Head-On Crash
• Two Semis Crash On Interstate 80
• Crews Fight House Fire
• Rescue Crews Free Man Pinned By Train Car
• Company Faces $8,750 Fine In Worker's Death
• Police: Man Found In Car Died Of Overdose
• Customer Attacks Armed Robber With Pickle Jar
• ulocal Photos: Meth Lab Explosion Causes Fire
• Climb Iowa's Manager Loses Parents In Crash
• Multi-Vehicle Pileup Reported On Interstate
• Birthday Starts With SUV Hitting House
• City Council Doesn't Rehire 'Rude' Clerk
• Ambulance Driver Sentenced In Fatal Crash
• Mother Missing Since Crash Found Dead
• UPDATED: Driver Identified In Fatal Crash
• 3 Killed, 3 Injured In Fire At Iowa Trailer Home
• Ill. Man Found Dead At Party At Iowa Hotel
• Man Hurt After Train Hits Car
• 6 Killed In Rare New Year's Eve Tornadoes
• Pickup Split In 2 During Fatal Crash
• Ice Off Semi Crashes Through Windshield
• Man Found Dead In Parking Lot

And on the KCRG site we have several interesting headlines about personal injury.

• Two Hurt In Crash Near Kalona
• Car Collides with School Bus in Dubuque
• Cedar Rapids Woman Sentenced for Making Meth
• Man Leads Police on Low-speed Chase, Sets Car on Fire
• Child Hurt in Crash at End of Police Pursuit
• MIDWEST: Man Charged With Rigging Bomb in Sex Toy
• Pedestrian Hit on Edgewood Road at 16th Avenue SW
• Mom Delivers Her Own Baby In Pickup
• No One Hurt In Semi Fire Along Interstate 380
• Police: Runaway SUV Hits House in Des Moines
• Police Won't Speculate On Cause Of Luther Student's Death
• Traffic Fatalities In Iowa Up Slightly In 2010
• Car Hits Bicyclist In North Liberty; Highway 965 Blocked Briefly
• Police Car, SUV Collide In Cedar Falls
• Police Seek Cause Of Car-Truck Crash In Palo
• Corn Syrup Spills Into Mississippi River At Keokuk