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Snow and Ice-Covered Road Claims Montrose Man’s Life; Family Spared

By on December 22, 2012
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A 41-YEAR OLD FATHER-OF-THREE FROM MONTROSE WAS KILLED YESTERDAY(FRI) AFTERNOON SOUTH OF TOWN, WHEN HIS TRUCK SLID INTO A UTILITY POLE, WHICH BROKE OFF AND FELL ON THE VEHICLE, CRUSHING HIM. JOHNNY ALVIS’S WIFE AND THEIR KIDS WERE ALL UNHURT. LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY ALVIS WAS HEADED EAST ON 310TH STREET…APPROACHING 260TH AVENUE AT THE BOTTOM OF A HILL…WHEN HE LOST CONTROL ON THE SNOW & ICE AND SLID BROADSIDE THRU THE INTERSECTION. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WITH INJURIES ON THE STREETS OF BURLINGTON YESTERDAY(FRI).

MOST AREA ROADS ARE STILL ICY…SOME WITH SNOW-DRIFTS…AND DES MOINES COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE JOHNSTON SAYS DRIFTING CAN HAPPEN FAST.  IN OTHER WORDS…EVEN THO MANY ROADS ARE NOW OPEN…THE DANGER IS STILL OUT THERE.

IN HARD-HIT HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES, HIWAY-34 BETWEEN BIGGSVILLE AND MONMOUTH…WHICH HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO DRIFTING AND STALLED VEHICLES…WAS REOPENED YESTERDAY(FRI) AFTERNOON.