Iowa State Patrol Fatality Reports for Saturday, January 24, 2011.

Every Saturday this law firm posts the current Iowa State Patrol fatality and injury report list so our out-of-state clients and potential clients have access to the latest word from the Iowa State Patrol. If you have questions about what the investigating officer's report means, or how to interpret it, give Steve Lombardi a call at 515-222-1110 or send him an email at sdlombardi@aol.com. Here are the injury reports for January 24, 2011.

Crash:

Minimal Reports

• 1. A crash occurred in Appanoose County on January 13, 2011
  
  VEH WAS NB ON HWY 5, LOST CONTROL ENTERING THE EAST DITCH,
  ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 3 TIMES SUBJECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO
  MERCY HOSPITAL IN CENTERVILLE BY CENVILLE AMBULANCE. [This is the English accident, see below.]
• 2. A crash occurred in Scott County on January 9, 2011
  
  SUBJECT WAS FOUND LYING IN THE ROADWAY ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER
  INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME. This report leaves more questions than it does provide answers. It simply reports that Brent H. Christie from Le Clair, Iowa, 58-years-old was found in the street at Syracuse Drive and Highway 67 at 2141, 9:41 p.m. Apparently he died.
  
  

Full Reports

• 1. A crash occurred in Mills County on January 20, 2011
  
  UNIT 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-29, IN THE RIGHT LANE, AT THE 33.50MM. UNIT 1 MOVED INTO THE LEFT LANE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND LOST CONTROL, HIT A GUARDRAIL IN THE MEDIAN, AND SLID INTO THE MEDIAN. WHILE UNIT 1 SLID INTO THE MEDIAN IT ROLLED, AND CAME TO REST FACING SOUTHBOUND IN THE INSIDE SOUTHBOUND LANE. [A single vehicle collision involving a 43 year old man driving a 2006 Chevy 1500 pickup truck on I-29 at the 33.50 mile marker. He's reported to have died; he wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ‘totally ejected' after striking a guard rail.]
• 2. A crash occurred in Appanoose County on January 13, 2011
  
  VEH #1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON HWY 5. VEH #1 FAILED TO NEGOTIATE SLIGHT LEFT TURN IN ROADWAY. VEH #1 LOST CONTROL ENTERED THE EAST DITCH REAR END FIRST. VEH #1 ROLLED NUMEROUS TIMES COMING TO REST ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. [One vehicle collision in a rollover sequence at about 7:40 p.m. Driver was Mary English, 56 from Le Grand, Iowa. Single vehicle. She was taken to Mercy Hospital by ambulance. Her car was a 2006 Toyota. She was partially ejected from the car and hadn't been wearing a seat belt. She is reported as having died in the collision. No passengers are reported in the car. ]
• 3. A crash occurred in Jasper County on January 11, 2011
  
  UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 AT APPROXIMATELY THE 175.9 MILE MARKER AND LOST CONTROL. UNIT #1 WENT INTO THE MEDIAN AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED SEMI THAT WAS ALREADY THERE. THERE WAS ONE FATALITY, ONE SERIOUS INJURY AND THE REST WERE NO INJURED. BOTH VEHICLE WERE TOWED BY BARNEY'S TOWING. OPERATOR OF UNIT #2: ID NO 0011361102 MCCALL,EDWARD DEONDRE 342 N CHURCH ST FLORENCE SC 295066132 FLOR CNTY SEX M HGT 5 11 WGT 310 BIRTH 07/11/1984 SSN 248-65-9197 RACE BLACK STATUS-DL:NO SUSPENSION CDL:NO DISQUALIFICATION **** COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE **** COMMERCIAL DL CLASS A ISSUED 10/17/2008 **** IDENTIFICATION ONLY **** ISSUED 12/08/1999. [6:50 A.M. mile marker 175 in the westbound lane of I-80, Mahdi Yagoub-Adam, 41, driving a 2002 Pathfinder SUV was taken to Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa appears to have crossed the center median strip of I-80. The second driver is not identified because the vehicle was disabled and sitting on the side of the roadway. It was driving a Max Freight Inc. A passenger injured was Yasmin Awad Elseed Ali, a 29-year-old woman. Unfortunately the male driver appears to have died in the crash. ]
• 4. A crash occurred in Cerro Gordo County on January 10, 2011
  
  UNIT WAS NORTHBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 196.90 WHEN IT STARTED INTO THE DITCH, IT ROLLED ONE COMPLETE TIME AND THEN ANOTHER PARTIAL. THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AND BECAUSE OF THAT WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. [This is a rollover type of collision sequence, single vehicle accident that killed the driver, Kenneth Gordon, 50 from Nevada. It occurred on I-35 northbound lanes at the 196 mile marker. Time: 12:57 pm near Mason City, Iowa. The man was driving an F-150 pickup truck. There must have been ice on the interstate. ]
• 5. A crash occurred in Adair County on January 9, 2011
  
  VEHICLE #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-80. VEHICLE #2 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON I-80. WHILE TRAVELING WEST, VEHICLE #1 LOST CONTROL, ENTERED THE MEDIAN AND CONTINUED INTO THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC AND WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. BOTH VEHICLES CAME TO REST IN THE LEFT LANE OF EAST BOUND I-80 AND CAUGHT FIRE. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF VEHICLE # 1 WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE. DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF VEHICLE #2 WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DESMOINES WITH MINOR INJURIES. ASSISTING AGENCIES WERE: IOWA STATE PATROL, ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEXTER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STUART FIRE & RESCUE. THIS ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE IOWA STATE PATROL. [ Richard Gould from Casey, Iowa was driving vehicle 1 and Christopher Malone from Crestview, Florida vehicle 2. The report indicates Gould died, was taken to the Adair County Medical Examiner and Malone was taken to Mercy in Des Moines. A passenger, Connie Gould (52) was also killed. Tara Malone was in the sleeper and apparently alright.]