CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A 61-year-old Cedar Rapids man could face charges police say he failed to yield to another vehicle – and then left the scene of the crash. Linn County crews responded to a crash at Cedar River Road and Highway 30 just before 2:45 Saturday afternoon. They found a Kia Rondo stopped in the eastbound lanes of Highway 30 – and a Hyundai Sonata on the eastbound shoulder. Officials say the driver of the Kia failed to yield when entering Highway 30 – and collided with the Hyundai. The driver in the Hyundai was not injured. Officials say the Kia driver fled the scene of the crash on a motorized bicycle. They later found him driving on Cedar River Road. He was taken to a local hospital for non life threatening injuries, and officials say charges are pending. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – One man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning on I- 80. Officials say a man on a motorcycle was heading east on i-80 near mile marker 197 in Poweshiek County. They say he hit the back of a semi truck and was ejected, hitting another semi on the road. Officials say the driver of the motorcycle, 57-year-old Jon Bryan of Indiana was killed in that crash.
DELHI, Iowa (KCRG) – One person was injured in a crash in Delaware County just after 9 p.m. Saturday night. According to authorities, a vehicle with a trailer was backing into a driveway on 260th street in Delhi when a motorcyclist traveling southbound on 260th street collided with the trailer. The motorcyclist was injured and was taken to a local hospital. Iowa state patrol is investigating the crash.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Iowa’s News Now) – The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department says an inmate punched a Deputy several times at the county jail. Officials say 32-year-old inmate Jarrel Johnson was being moved on Wednesday, September 6th at 1:45pm in the afternoon when he became, “resistive.” Johnson was being placed in his cell when, officials say, Johnson struck a deputy several times with a closed fist in the face. The deputy was taken to Mercy ER and treated for her injuries. Johnson has been charged with “assault of a person in certain occupations with injury,” and is being held for court.
