A MEDIAPOLIS MAN WAS KILLED…ANOTHER WAS CRITICALLY INJURED…EARLY SATURDAY MORNING…WHEN THEIR SUV LEFT HIWAY-61, JUST NORTH OF MEMORIAL PARK ROAD…AND CRASHED THRU THE FORK OF A TREE.
THE DRIVER…DAN MILLER…WAS TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. HIS PASSENGER…MICHAEL BUTLER…WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEATHER MAY’VE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ACCIDENT AND ALCOHOL PROBABLY DID AS WELL…AND THE INVESTIGATION BY THE DES MOINES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CONTINUES. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, ALONG WITH BURLINGTON & WEST BURLINGTON POLICE, THE BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT & AMBULANCE AND A MEDICAL EXAMINER.
A 47-YEAR OLD CARTHAGE-AREA MAN WAS KILLED IN A SNOWMOBILE ACCIDENT LAST(SAT) NITE, ABOUT A-MILE-AND-A-HALF NORTHEAST OF BASCO, ILLINOIS. HANCOCK COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM…WHOSE NAME WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED…WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT CARTHAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. HE HAD BEEN RIDING IN A FIELD AFTER DARK, WHEN HE STRUCK A DITCH AND WAS THROWN OFF THE VEHICLE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS WEARING A HELMET.
