Iowa State Patrol Fatality Reports for Saturday, October 23, 2010. Ringgold County, Iowa

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 October 25, 2010.

Crash: There are only three new fatality accident reports from the Iowa State Patrol this week. That's a manageable number so let's have at it.

A crash occurred in Ringgold County on October 11, 2010

VEHICLE ONE WAS WESTBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 2. VEHICLE TWO WAS EASTBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 2. VEHICLE ONE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE STRIKING VEHICLE TWO IN THE EASTBOUND ...

Our last case today takes place in Ringgold County, Iowa. It's a single vehicle accident, a motorcycle that police describe as attempting to escape a chasing police cruiser. The motorcycle rider loses control, goes off the blacktop, strikes railroad tracks, gets thrown from the cycle and is killed. The young man was 19-years old. There isn't much to be said in this case.

Trooper Rude's full narrative is as follows: VEHICLE 1 WAS EAST BOUND ON HWY 52. VEHICLE 1 WAS FLEEING A PURSUING POLICE CAR. VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. VEHICLE 1 FAILED TO MAKE A CURVE AND ENTERED THE NORTH DITCH OF HWY 52. VEHICLE 1 STRUCK THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE DRIVER WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. THE DRIVER CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK AND THE MOTORCYCLE CAME TO REST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS.