COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA (IRN) – A train and a car collided in Columbus Junction Friday according to KCII-radio. The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro struck by the train was driven by 51-year-old Tang Naw of Columbus Junction. The Naw vehicle had stopped at the railroad crossing, but was struck by a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, which pushed the Camaro onto the tracks. The Malibu was driven by 35-year-old Lai Kingbual of Columbus Junction. Both were hospitalized.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police are asking for help from the public to find the driver of a car that hit a six-year-old boy Friday evening. KCCI-TV reports witnesses told police the boy stepped into the roadway and was struck by a vehicle. The child sustained serious injuries. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene.
CASS COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A truck driver from Wisconsin died Saturday night after crashing off Interstate 80 in Cass County. 68-year-old Gerald Calaway was traveling westbound when he lost control, crashing into the median where his truck continued for nearly 1,000 feet before it slid down into a ditch. Authorities found Calaway pinned under the steering column of his truck.
ANAMOSA, IA (IRN) – Two people were killed and three were injured in a crash in Anamosa Sunday. KCRG-TV reports a semi-truck was southbound on Highway 151 when a Hyundai SUV slid through a stop sign and was hit by the semi. Names haven’t been released.
CHARLES CITY, IA (IRN) – A northern Iowa man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a house guest. KCCI-TV reports 47-year-old Stephen Brodersen Jr., of Greene, was sentenced Friday. He says the encounter was consensual. The 25-year-old woman said no, it wasn’t. Jurors agreed.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Severe winter weather and bitter cold hit Iowa over the weekend. The Iowa State Patrol responded to 219 crashes between 6 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Sunday, according to the Des Moines Register. Most crashes, if not all, were weather-related. Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines reports they saw 39 patients as a result of slips, trips, falls, or car accidents this weekend, but no hypothermia or frostbite patients.