Please have not named the person who was killed in a crash on Monday, December 4th 2017 at 7:44 am in Warren County, Iowa.
The police described the crash like this:
V1 WAS EB ON HWY 5 WHEN IT ENTERED THE MEDIAN AND ENTERED THE WB LANES, V1 WAS STRUCK BY VEHICLE TWO (THE 2014 KW T800 DRIVEN BY CHAD JOHNSON) WHICH WAS TRAVELING WB, VEHICLE THREE (THE 2018 FRHT M2 DRIVEN BY COLTON SMITH) STRUCK DEBRIS FROM V1, THE DRIVER OF V1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SCENE, NO NAMES BEING RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN, ACCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION
The police said the crash happened here: HWY 5 WB WEST OF HWY 65/69.
Injuries
The crash killed the unnamed person.
Vehicle Damage
Chad Johnson, age 34, from Indianola, Iowa was driving a 2014 Kw T 800. It was towed by Roys Towing. Colton Smith, age 31, from Mitchellville, Iowa was driving a 2018 Frht M 2. It was not towed.
How To Get the Police Report
Trooper Darren Flaherty with the Iowa State Patrol wrote up the report. The Iowa State Patrol assigned case number 2017033295 to this crash. The full report has much more detail and can include a diagram in the crash report. A copy of the police officer's report of a crash costs $4. You must pay by check or money order. Iowa state law only allows the police to provide reports to people involved in the accident, attorneys, insurance companies or insurance agents. To get a copy of the report you must send a written request with the date of the accident, time, location, and names and driver license numbers of the drivers involved. You must send the payment and the written request in the mail to: Iowa Department of Transportation; Office of Driver Services; P.O. Box 9204; Des Moines, Iowa 50306-9204. But you can call 877-925-1969 right now to request a free copy of the police report.
Insurance Claim
The unnamed person's family may have an insurance claim. A lawyer will maximize the amount collected from the insurance companies. In most cases, family members can recover money for the loss of a loved one—even if a family member was driving. Getting a lawyer working on this case early will increase the amount of money the family recovers for this wrongful death. For more information watch How Insurance Companies Take Advantage of the Little Guy.
Did the crash involve someone with no insurance? Was this a hit and run crash? Call 877-925-1969 to find out if you can still recover money.
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Photo credit: Iowa State Patrol
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