CENTER POINT, Iowa (KCRG) – Law enforcement officials revealed the identity of a child who died in a single-vehicle accident Saturday morning near Center Point. Elijah Beeman, 10, of Waterloo, was the person killed in the crash. The driver of a Chevrolet Venture van and another child were hurt. At around 3:07 a.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office was sent to a report of the crash along Interstate 380 just south of where Cedar Ridge Road crosses on an overpass. Deputies said a white Chevrolet Venture van was found on its roof in a ditch on the west side of the highway’s southbound lanes. The injuries to the other two people hurt were described by the sheriff’s office as non-life-threatening but required hospitalization. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) – A high-speed chase through various urban and rural parts of Buchanan County ended with two juveniles receiving various charges, according to law enforcement officials. In the early morning hours on Sunday, May 21, the Independence Police Department said that it attempted to pull over a GMC pickup truck, with the truck allegedly reacting to that action by speeding away from the officers. The pickup went through yards in the city during the pursuit, with police saying that speeds reached upwards of 80 mph. The truck then exited the city to the east, continuing the chase which included almost 2.5 miles of travel through a cornfield. When the truck returned to paved roads, it was brought to a halt with stop sticks as it traveled back toward Independence. Police arrested two juveniles after the vehicle was stopped. After a search, police said that they located drugs inside the truck and later determined that the vehicle was stolen. They were each charged with eluding while participating in a felony, second-degree criminal mischief, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and second-degree motor vehicle theft. The suspects were taken to the Central Iowa Detention Center in Eldora after the incident.
ALBION, Iowa (KCRG) – One person was killed and two others injured after a vehicular collision in rural Marshall County on Saturday. At around 11:16 a.m., the Iowa State Patrol was sent to a report of a crash along Iowa Highway 330 south of its intersection with Oak Street in Marietta Township. Troopers believe that a 2016 Dodge Caravan was traveling southbound on the highway when a John Deere tractor, operated by Clarence Borton, 86, of Albion, entered the roadway from a private driveway. The van then collided with the tractor’s rear, causing it to enter the ditch on the west side of the road and overturn. Borton fell from the tractor due to the crash, causing injuries that troopers said contributed to his death at the scene of the incident. Two people inside the van were injured and taken to UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown Hospital via ambulance.
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) – A crash in Davis County killed a teenager from Ottumwa who law enforcement officials said was leading them on a chase. At around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, the Iowa State Patrol said that Reese Jones, 19, of Ottumwa, was attempting to elude law enforcement vehicles while operating a Yamaha motorcycle on southbound on U.S. Highway 63 in Bloomfield. Troopers said that the motorcycle entered the intersection between Highway 63 and Iowa Highway 2 while moving fast, and collided with a Ford F-150 that was stationary at the intersection. Jones was killed in the collision. The driver of the pickup truck was not physically injured.
