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Man taken to hospital after car vs. semi

IOWA CITY — A man was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after his car collided with a semi-truck Wednesday night. Emergency crews were dispatched to the southbound lane of Interstate 380, just south of the intersection … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Highway 13 reopens south of Marion after semi,car crash

Update at 10:24 a.m. (clarifies time of accident) MARION -Highway 13 has reopened after a collision between a semi-trailer truck and a car. The crash around 7:30 a.m. near Martin Creek Road left the semi across both northbound lanes. The closure lasted … Continue reading

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UPDATE: No one hurt after car pulls into path of semi

MARION – No one was hurt when a car pulled into the path of a semi-trailer truck on County Home Road this afternoon. Authorities said a car was stopped at a stop sign on C Avenue before the driver pulled … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Chemical leaking from wrecked tanker, no threat expected

Updated at 5:05pm Tanker cleared. Intersection re-opened. Updated at 1:22 p.m.by Jeff Raasch CEDAR RAPIDS – Chemicals inside a tanker truck shifted during a turn, causing an accident that shut down an interstate overpass for more than eight hours Wednesday, … Continue reading

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One dead after semi, backhoe collide near Muscatine

MUSCATINE - One man is dead and another injured after a semi-trailer truck rear-ended a backhoe Monday near Muscatine, authorities said. Robert E. L. Anderson, 72, of Muscatine, was driving the backhoe on Highway 61 near mile marker 99 around 11:45 a.m. when it was struck by the … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Pigs get loose after semi crash at I-80/I-380 interchange

Updated at 7:15 a.m. by Jeff Raasch CORALVILLE - Several pigs were hurt when a semi-trailer truck tipped onto its side and blocked traffic on Interstate 80 late Monday, authorities said. Jason S. Epp, 41, of Canada, was exiting from southbound Interstate 380 to … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids truck driver’s female passenger, also from Cedar Rapids, dies in Oregon crash

Update, July 7: The female passenger was later identified as Dawna Leigh Rhoades Anderson, 47, from Cedar Rapids. She was the driver’s friend and was not employed by the trucking company, media and police sources note. Initial post, July2: Brian … Continue reading

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Semi tips onto side, spills grain in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS — No one was hurt when a semi-trailer truck tipped onto its side, spilling about 50,000 pounds of grain onto a Taco Bell drive-through lane early Monday morning. Police responded around 4:45 a.m. to the corner of Sixth Street … Continue reading

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Semi crash sends one to hospital, closes section of Hwy. 30

TAMA COUNTY– A two semi truck crash sent one driver to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo Thursday night. Iowa State Patrol troopers said that the two semis crashed at around 9:15 p.m. on Highway 30 just west of Highway 21 on … Continue reading

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Semi Roll Over on Interstate 80 under 380.

Update by John McGlothlen at 2:24 p.m.: The Iowa State Patrol Crash Report for this accident was just posted. John Vesly, 26, of Ladora, Iowa, was injured at 9:50 a.m. and transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. … Continue reading

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