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Non-contact vehicle appears clearly at fault.

The news item has a woman from Roseville riding her 1993 Honda motorcycle west on Highway 18 at about 9:40 a.m. A semi truck driver, Brian Hanley, 43 of Buda, Illinois crosses the center line causing Diane Mackenzie, 56 to maneuver to avoid hitting him; she losses control goes off onto the shoulder and when coming back onto the road losses control, crashes and is killed.

If you come across the center line you'd better have a good reason. In this instance none is given.

If you look at what occurred after she came back onto the roadway it gets very messy. It appears two other trucks, one driven by Loran Shetler and the other by Jerry Freeman ended up colliding with the Mackenzie motorcycle.

Original article by Peggy Senzario of the News-Tribune. Accident investigated bby the Iowa State Patrol, the Garner Police and Fire Department, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa DOT.

Location: 2 MILES W OF GARNER ON HWY 18 IN HANCOCK COUNTY

Date: June 30, 2010

Carrier: Michaels Corporation, Brownsville, Wisconsin

Summary: VEH 1 WAS WB ON HWY 18 AND VEH 2 WAS EB AND CROSSED CENTER LINE, VEH 1 WENT TO SHOULDER TO AVOID COLLISION AND LOST CONTROL UPON REENTRY TO THE HWY, VEH1 WAS SLIDING ACROSS HWY WITH RIDER STILL ON, VEH 3 HIT VEH 1 SPINNING IT AROUND INTO PATH OF A 4TH VEH WHO RAN OVER RIDER, 4TH VEH WAS 2009 INTERNATIONAL BOOM TRUCK DRIVEN BY JERRY FREEMAN AGE 49 FROM DES MOINES IA, ASSISTED BY GARNER PD & FD,HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF OFC, DOT

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That’s enough for today, but come back tomorrow to read The Verdict blog/blawg at Lombardi Law Firm or posts on the  the Iowa Edict , where I will discuss other car-truck-semi-motorcycle accidents in Iowa. And as always if you are in an accident and need legal services we encourage you to call us sooner, rather than later.

In Texas for assistance contact Beth Janicek with the Law Offices of Beth Janicek or Jeffrey Rasanksy with the Rasanky Law Firm in Dallas. In Minnesota we recommend you call upon Mike Bryant with Bradshaw and Bryant for legal advice. In Oklahoma Noble McIntyre and Jeremy Thurman of Oklahoma-Law.com of serves those with I-35 collision or accident questions. And in Iowa call myself, Steve Lombardi, with the Lombardi Law Firm.

Interstate 35 is a part of the United States Interstate Highway system running north-south from Duluth, Minnesota (at an intersection known as the Can of Worms) to Laredo, Texas. Its length is 1568.38 miles (2,524.06 km).

The law firms mentioned in this article work in cooperation to assist injured clients who have accidents in one state, but live in another state. This arrangement allows the client to get better service with no additional cost. Please call us sooner rather than later, because accidents on I-35 tend to be complicated by distance, speeds and semi-truck drivers being from far away places.

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