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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 1, 2011. If you ever get the notion that the Iowa State Troopers aren't working you need only visit the injury report section during the winter months. Today there are 132 reported accidents. I'm sure this isn't all of them, just the one's that made the report section. I'll comment on a few of them during the week but it's New Years Day and I'm taking the day off. So call with any questions, but not till next week.
UNIT 1 WAS TURNING NORTH ONTO HWY 1 FROM STINOCHER STREET IN SOLON, UNIT 1 WAS STRUCK BY UNIT 2 THAT WAS SOUTH BOUND ON HWY 1, ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER IN ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 IN THE OUTSIDE LANE, UNIT 2 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 IN THE INSIDE LANE, UNIT 2 ATTEMPTED TO PASS ...
VEH 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON W4B, VEH 2 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON W4B, VEH 1 LOST CONTROL, WENT BROADSIDE ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED, THE ...
THE VEHICLE WAS NORTHBOUND ON HWY 136 AND HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT, IT THEN CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, ENTERED THE WEST DITCH WHERE IT ROLLED ONTO THE PASSENGE ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS WESTBOUND ON 5TH AVE SOUTH, SLOWING-STOPPING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT SOUTH 12TH STREET. VEHICLE #2, A FORT DODGE POLICE VEHICLE, WAS ALSO WESTBO ...
ON 12/29/10 AT 12:15 UNIT 1 ATTEMPTED TO TURN INTO THE REST AREA PARKING LOT AT THE 8MM I 35. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE TURN DUE TO THE SLICK PARKING LOT. UNI ...
AS VEHICLE #1 WAS OVERTAKING VEHICLE #2, IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE #2. AFTER IMPACT, VEHICLE #1 SKIDDED INTO THE MEDIAN WHERE ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 AT MILEPOST 255.25. THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 FELL ASLEEP AND LOST CONTROL ENTERING THE MEDIAN AND STRIKING A GUARD ...
Both vehicles were traveling together. They both were slowing to pull over onto the shoulder. Driver #1 pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake and rear-en ...
UNIT 2 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 71. WHEN THE DRIVER OBSERVED AMBER FLASHING LIGHTS AS WELL AS HEADLAMPS FLASHING AHEAD TOWARDS HIM , ON THE EAST SHOULDER OF N ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 292ND ST. UNIT 1 LOST CONTROL AND EXITED THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT. UNIT 1 CAME TO REST FACING NORTH IN THE NORTH DITCH.
VEHICLE 2 WAS ENTERING JOHNSON AVENUE FROM THE DRIVEWAY LOCATED AT 4820 JOHNSON AVENUE AND PULLED INTO THE PATH OF VEHICLE 1 STRIKING VEHICLE 1 IN THE LEFT FRON ...
UNIT ONE WAS WESTBOUND ON I-80 APPROACHING 2ND AVE IN THE CENTER LANE. UNIT ONE LOST CONTROL ON THE 3RD ST OVERPASS AND WENT TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE CENTER M ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-35 WHEN IT LOST A TRIE AND CONTROL. UNIT 1 THEN CROSSED OVER INTO INSIDE LANE FROM THE OUTSIDE LANE, STRIKING SEVERAL BARRIER P ...
AT APPROXIMATELY 1253 HRS ON 12-27-10 THOMAS JOSEPH LICHTER OF BURT, IA WAS DRIVING A 1991 BUICK REGAL NORTH BOUND ON 540TH AVE, A GRAVEL ROAD, APPROXIMATELY .6 ...
Vehicle one was going south I-29. Vehicle one was crossing the Allen Creek Bridge when Ms. Waldon lost control due to the bridge being icy. Vehicle one spun a ...
JT TOWING HAD PULL A VEHICLE OUT OF THE WEST DITCH AND A TRUCK ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH LANES IN FRONT OF VEHICLE TWO DUE TO THE TOW TRUCK AND TWO VEHICLES ON THE RI ...
UNIT #1 WAS NORTH BOUND ON HIGHWAY 38 AT THE 21 MILE MARKER. UNIT #2 WAS SOUTH BOUND ON HIGHWAY 38 AT THE 21 MILE MAKER. A DEER RAN INTO THE ROADWAY STRIKING ...
UNIT 1 WAS WESTBOUND ON I80 IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN IT LOST CONTROL ON THE ROADWAY. A SMALL UTILITY TRAILER SEPARATED FROM UNIT 1. THE UTILITY TRAILER WENT ACR ...
VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-80 AT THE 277.5 MILE MARKER. VEHICLE 1 HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND ENTERED THE MEDIAN. VEHICLE 1 ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE AND CAME TO ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND AND UNIT 2 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HWY 18. BOTH UNITS ENTERED A CURVE IN THE ROAD WHERE THE ROADWAY MARKINGS WERE COVERED BY ...
UNIT 01 WAS EASTBOUND ON HWY 34. DRIVER LOST CONTROL IN A SLUSHY AREA JUST PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SKUNK RIVER BRIDGE. UNIT 01 STRUCK A GAURD RAIL AT THE ENTRAN ...
UNIT ONE WAS HEADING EASTBOUND ON 140TH WHEN IT LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAY. UNIT ONE SLID INTO THE NORTH DITCH WHERE IT OVERTURNED AND CAM ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 20 WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL, ENTERED THE MEDIAN, AND ROLLED OVER ONTO THE TOP. MANCHESTER FD, REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTE ...
UNIT #1 WAS EB ON I-80 NEAR THE 179MM. UNIT #2, A ROAD MAINTENANCE VEHICLE, HAD CROSSED THE MEDIAN AT A CROSSOVER AND HAD STARTED EB NEAR THE 179MM IN THE LEFT ...
UNIT 1 WAS WESTBOUND ON 4 LANE #20 IN THE OUTSIDE LANE. UNIT 2 WAS WESTBOUND ON 4 LANE #20 IN THE INSIDE LANE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE UNIT 1. UNIT 1 TH ...
VEHICLE ONE LOST CONTROL ON AN ICE COVERED ROAD-WAY AND RAN OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO THE MEDIAN. VEHICLE ONE ROLLED ONE TIME IN THE MEDIAN BEFORE COMI ...
BOTH UNIT #1 AND #2 WERE SOUTHBOUND ON I35 NEAR THE 105 MILE MARKER. UNIT #1 WAS IN THE LEFT/INSIDE LANE, UNIT #2 WAS IN THE RIGHT/OUTSIDE LANE. UNIT #1 LOST CO ...
UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 AT THE 136.5 MILE MARKER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UNIT #1 THEN COLLIDED WITH THE JERSEY WALL IN THE MI ...
UNIT #1 WAS WESTBOUND ON I80 NEAR MILEMARKER 215 TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE. UNIT #1 LOST CONTROL, ENTERED THE NORTH DITCH AND ROLLED COMING TO REST ON ITS TOP ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE OF HWY 60. VEHICLE #2 WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE OF HWY 60. VEHICLE #2 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO COU ...
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE SLID INTO THE CABLE GUARDRAIL IN THE MEDIAN. THE VEHICLE THEN CROSSED ...
UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 AT THE 171 MILE MARKER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UNIT #1 WENT INTO THE SOUTH DITCH WHERE IT CAME TO A R ...
VEHICLES 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-380, FOLLOWED BY VEHICLES 2 AND 3. VEHICLE 1 LOST CONTROL ON THE ICY ROAD SURFACE. VEHICLES 2 AND 3 TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. VEH ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON HWY 18 (AVENUE OF THE SAINTS). THE ROAD WAS PARTLY SLUSH COVERED AND WET. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR THE CON ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS NORTH BOUND ON I-35 IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE 133 MILE MARKER WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN ROTATING TOWARD THE MEDIAN. VEHICLE # ...
VEHICLE TWO WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 52 WHEN IT SPUN OUT AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB THE HILL. AN OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC ARO ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY G-76 .5 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. UNIT 1 STARTED TO SPIN AND WENT OFF THE ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE. UNIT 1 THEN OVERCORRECTED AND ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR THE 241 MILE MARKER WHEN IT LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND ENTERED THE NORTH DITCH. THERE, UNIT 1 HI ...
VEHICLE #2 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HWY 44 AND AT REDWOOD AVE WENT ONTO THE SHOULDER AND OVERCORRECTED IN THE SNOW COVERED SHOULDER LOSING CONTROL CAUSING THE ...
VEHICLE #2 WAS BEHIND VEHICLE #1 WHEN VEHICLE #1 LOST TRACTION AND BEGAN TO SWERVE. UNABLE TO STOP, VEHICLE #2 ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND VEHICLE #1 TO AVOID A COL ...
VEHICLE # 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON COUNTY ROAD G62/W66. VEHICLE # 1 WAS TURNING WESTBOUND AT A CURVE. VEHICLE # 1 LOST CONTROL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. VEHICLE ...
UNITS 1 AND 2 WERE BOTH TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR THE 231 MILE MARKER WHEN A NON CONTACT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THEM BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL ON THE SNOW C ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS WESTBOUND ON HWY 34. VEHICLE #3 WAS EASTBOUND ON HWY 34 FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE #2. VEHICLE #1 LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW COVERED ROADWAY CROSSING TH ...
VEHICLE ONE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I35 WHEN A TRUCK CUT VEHICLE ONE OFF. VEHICLE ONE HIT HIS BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE ONE CAME TO REST IN THE WEST DITCH. ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 35 AT 58.5 MM. VEHICLE #1 WAS IN THE LEFT LANE TRYING TO GO AROUND A SEMI AND TRAILER (VEHICLE #2) IN THE RIGHT ...
A PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A SMALL UHAUL UTILITY TRAILER WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 35. THE TRAILER WITH REGISTRATION PLATE 602830TR BEGAN TO SLIDE TOW ...
UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 WERE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR THE 191 MILE MARKER. UNIT 1 WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND UNIT 2 WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. UNIT 1 SL ...
UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 14 SOUTH BOUND AT THE 49 MILE MARKER JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD G-40. UNIT 1 OBSERVED ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO MOVE OVER TO ...
INCLEMENT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS PRESENT. ROADWAYS SLUSH COVERED. UNIT ONE DURING LANE CHANGE MANEUVER LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK CENTER CONCRETE DIVIDER.
UNIT# 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 35. THE OPERATOR OF UNIT# 1 LOST CONTROL AND SLID INTO THE WEST DITCH. UNIT# 1 THEN STRUCK TWO LINEAR POSTS AND CAME T ...
UNIT 1 WAS PLOWING SNOW IN THE INSIDE LANE. UNIT 2 WAS TRAVELING IN THE INSIDE LANE PASSING A VEHICLE AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE OVER FOR UNIT 1. UNIT ...
VEHICLE # 1 AND # 2 WERE NORTH BOUND ON INTERSTATE 35 FROM THE EAST MIX MASTER. THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE #2 LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE WEATHER ROAD CONDITIONS. VEHI ...
UNIT 01 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HWY 22 EAST OF LONE TREE UNIT 02 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND EAST OF HWY 22 UNIT 01 MOVES INTO EASTBOUND LANE AND STARTED TO PA ...
UNIT 1 WAS WESTBOUND ON I-80 IN THE INSIDE LANE OF TRAVEL. UNIT 2 WAS WESTBOUND ON THE OUTSIDE LANE OF TRAVEL. THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICL ...
UNIT 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I380 IN THE FAST LANE OUT PASSING A SEMI. VEHICLE 1'S VISION BECAME OBSCURED FROM SLUSH FROM VEH 2. VEH 1 THEN WENT PARTIALLY UNDER THE ...
UNIT # 1 AND #2 WERE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 6 APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE EAST OF IOWA CITY (UNIT #1 WAS BEHIND A NON-CONTACT VEHICLE WHICH WAS BEHIND UNIT ...
VEH 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I35 IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE 215MM. ANOTHER VEHICLE PASSED VEH 1 IN THE INSIDE LANE. DUE TO SNOWY CONDITIONS FROM THE PASSING VEHICLE, ...
VEHICLE'S 1 AND 2 WERE EASTBOUND N I-80 WHEN VEHICLE 2 LOST CONTROL DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS AND PROCEEDED TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS ON THE ROAD. VEHICLE 1 WAS UNABLE T ...
THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND. THE DRIVER WAS USING THE CRUSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON THE ICE COVERED ROADWAY. ...
ON 12/23/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 2135HRS VEHICLE 1 WAS IN THE SLOW LANE NORTHBOUND ON I-380. UNIT 2 WAS ALSO NORTHBOUND ON I-380 IN THE FAST LANE. UNIT 2 SWERVED TO ...
V1 WAS WESTBOUND ON US HWY 20. HEAVY SNOWFALL WAS PRESENT AND THE ROADWAY WAS 100% SNOW COVERED. V1 DROVE INTO THE NORTH DITCH AND ROLLED ONTO ITS TOP.
UNIT #1 WAS EB ON I-80 NEAR THE 218 MILE MARKER. UNIT #2 WAS EB ON I-80 NEAR THE 218 MILE MARKER. THE DRIVER OF UNIT #1 ATTEMPTED TO PASS UNIT #2 IN THE LEFT ...
VEHICLE #1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-35 WHEN IT CHANGED LANES AND COLLIDED WITH VEHICLE #2 IN THE LEFT LANE. VEHICLE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THE CROSSOVER TO TURN ...
UNIT # 1 WAS GOING NORTH ON HIGHWAY # 224. UNIT # 2 WAS GOING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY #224. UNIT # 1 TURNED LEFT INTO THE PATH OF UNIT # 2. BOTH VEHICLES HIT HEAD O ...
VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON N CENTER POINT RD. VEHICLE 2 WAS BEHIND VEHICLE 1 ALSO TRAVELING SOUTH. VEHICLE 1 TURNED ON IT'S RIGHT TURN SIGNAL TO TURN RI ...
VEHICLE 1 WAS NORTHBOUND I-35 AROUND THE 101.5MM. DRIVER OF VEHICLE ENTERED INSIDE SHOULDER AND STRUCK CABLE GUARDRAIL. VEHICLE TOOK OUT SEVERAL GUARDRAIL POS ...
BOTH VEHICLES WERE SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 35. VEHICLE 1 WAS PASSING VEHICLE 2 WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH LEFT FRONT CORNER OF VEHICLE 2. BOTH VEHICLES WENT I ...
UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND IN INTERSTATE 80 AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UNIT #1 WENT INTO THE MEDIAN ROLLED 2 TIMES AND CAME TO A REST ON THE EAST BO ...
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 D ...
VEHICLE 1 WAS NORTHBOUND ON HWY 65, WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTERLINE INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND SHOULDER. VEHICLE 2 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 65 WHEN IT MET VEHICLE ...
DRIVER TOOK HWY 65 WESTBOUND RAMP TO I-80. DRIVER WENT OFF LEFT SHOULDER OF RAMP, OVER CORRECTED, SPUN IN A CIRCLE, AND WENT INTO RIGHT DITCH STRIKING A LIGHT ...
UNIT 1 WAS MOVING SNOW ON CEDAR STREET SOUTHBOUND. UNIT 2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON CEDAR AND CAME TO A STOP DIRCTLY BEHIIND UNIT 1. UNIT 1 BACKED INTO THE FR ...
UNIT 01 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 22 UNIT 02 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 22 IN FRONT OF UNIT 01 THE DRIVER OF UNIT 01 DROPPED SOMETHING ON THE ...
VEHICLE 1 WAS EAST BOUND ON I80 IN THE FARTHEST RIGHT LANE. A NON CONTACT VEHICLE WAS IN THE CENTER LANE, AND MERGED INTO THE PATH OF VEHICLE 1. THE DRIVER OF V ...
UNIT #1 WAS EASTBOUND ON I-80 NEAR IOWA RIVER BRIDGE, MILEMARKER 243. JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, EMERGENCY LIGHTS ACTIVATED, WERE FOLLOWING UNIT #1 ATTEM ...
UNIT 1 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 71. AS UNIT 1 PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF C-13 THE BOX SEMI TRAILER CAME OFF THE 5TH WHEEL STRIKING THE BACK OF THE SEMI ...
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