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Saturday, April 08, 2017Dec. 27, 2016, head-on crash. (Photo: Photo courtesy of the Daily Iowegian)An Iowa State Patrol crash report shows that a vehicle driven by Marcus C. McFall, 34, of Centerville, Ia., crossed the center line, slamming head-on into a vehicle driven by Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville.The crash happened around 10 p.m. south of Centerville on Iowa Highway 5 at Highway T30. Both men died from their injuries.The information provided by the DOT did not specify which man was driving while impaired.Court records show that McFall was arrested April 28, 2016, and charged with operating while intoxicated-first offense. A trial had been scheduled for March.Moore was employed Centerville's Wastewater Department for 21 years before retiring, according to his obituary. He was a volunteer for Veterans Affairs and enjoyed fishing, hunting, mushroom hunting and "teasing and tormenting anyone he could."Marcus McFall was killed Dec. 27, 2016, in a head-on collision that killed one other person. (Photo: Supplied photo)McFall worked for Midwest Transportation Services in Albia, according to his obituary. He enjoyed trapping, hunting and "his yearly duck hunting trips to North Dakota." He was an avid fan of the Iowa State Cyclones.The number of alcohol-related fatalities in 2016 likely will rise after toxicology results are completed in 16 other fatal crashes in which authorities suspect alcohol played a role.An exclusive Des Moines Register analysis shows that 43 percent of Iowa's 72 alcohol-related crashes in 2016 involved drivers who previously had been arrested for driving drunk.Read or Share this story: http://dmreg.co/2ojA7yO...
Monday, March 27, 2017Kalb County Coroner Tom Wilson says 39-year-old Julia Yates Patterson died in a head-on crash with a pickup truck about 3 p.m. Tuesday in northeast Alabama. Police say one of the vehicles crossed the center line before the crash.Wilson says the woman’s 8-year-old daughter, Elizabeth “Libby” Patterson, ran in front of a car and was struck and killed about 30 minutes later. Police say the girl had just gotten home from school and wouldn’t have known about her mother’s death.Alabama state troopers are investigating both deaths, which happened about 7 miles (10 kilometers) apart on Alabama 117.
Monday, January 23, 2017Cruiser driven by Kathleen Beckwith of Wolfeboro just after 7 p.m., according to Gilford Police Lt. Kristian J. Kelley.Kelley said an initial investigation determined that Robinson’s car crossed the center line and collided with Beckwith’s vehicle. Robinson, who had critical head injuries, was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, “where she succumbed to her injuries,” Kelley said.Beckwith was not seriously injured in the crash, which occurred as heavy snow was falling. Kelley said accident reconstruction teams have not yet determined the cause of the crash, or whether the falling snow and slippery conditions played a role.Robinson was married and had three children under the age of 5, said her stepfather, realtor Chuck Braxton of Meredith. One of her children was born earlier this year, he said.“My wife and I loved her very much,” Braxton said.Robinson’s last post on her Facebook page was made at 12:57 p.m. Wednesday.Above a photo of two of her children, she wrote, “My girls, what a perfect winter day to watch a movie!”Because of the seriousness of the crash, Kelley said, the bypass was closed for about five hours. During that time, local and state police conducted the reconstruction of the crash.The busy bypass was the scene of a fatal crash last Thursday at a point where the road passes through Laconia. As heavy fog passed through the area at about 2 p.m., Arline L. Downing, 88, of Laconia was driving a Chevy Cobalt that collided with a dump truck driven by Richard R. Leclerc, 56, of Berwick, Maine. Downing was pronounced dead at the scene. Leclerc was not injured.On Oct. 28 at about 1 p.m., Steven Price of Belmont, who was on a lunch break from his tri...
Monday, January 16, 2017Police said that when they arrived, the suspect fled with the woman in a black 2014 Dodge Ram pickup, and police pursued the vehicle in the city and then south onto Highway 201.The pickup crossed the center line and collided with a 2001 Ford Excursion on Highway 201 near the intersection with Southwest 18th Avenue, Goldthorpe said.The driver of the Ford, David Bates, died at the scene of the crash. His wife, Jessica Bates, was a passenger in the Ford and was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. The couple were from Vale, Oregon, according to social media posts.An adult female was found dead in the pickup truck. Her name was not released as of Monday evening. Ontario Police believe the kidnapping was not random.The victim’s vehicle was found abandoned in Weiser in the middle of the road. Several vehicles have been seized and are being searched, Ontario Police Chief Cal Kunz said.Anthony Montwheeler, 49, of Nampa, the suspect and driver of the pickup, was also seriously injured in the crash and taken to a local hospital.Montwheeler was convicted of first-degree aggravated theft in March 2012 in Grant County, Oregon. He was sentenced to serve 24 months, with credit for time served. His wife, Annita Montwheeler, was convicted of the same charge. The Montwheelers appealed in 2016, and their sentences were vacated and charges dismissed.The investigation will have two parts: homicide and the fatal crash. The Ontario Police Department will handle the homicide investigation with as...
Monday, December 26, 2016Dec. 16, when he and best friend Cameron Booher were killed in an accident off Butler Nursery Road.Booher, 19, was driving a 2002 Acura when, according to a N.C. Highway Patrol report, he crossed the center line twice before striking a utility pole.The boys' death was the most crippling blow in a year in which Angela Roy has undergone chemotherapy for thyroid cancer, mourned the death of her fiance in June and learned that her mother, Dorothy Colvin, has been diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer."Nick was my supporter,'' she said. "He always said, 'Mom, it'll be all right.' He was a young man, but he had an old man's soul.''And now she had to find a way to pay for a funeral.Throughout most of the day of the accident, Angela Roy felt something wasn't right."I had a sick feeling that I couldn't explain,'' she said.When her son hadn't arrived home from the bus stop by 4 p.m., she started making phone calls. First to the high school, then to the Board of Education. By then, Bus 201 already was back in the lot.As she was driving down the dirt road that leads to the home she shares with her mother, she saw a state trooper in her rearview mirror.Was she the mother of Nicholas Miles Roy?"Is he OK?'' she asked.Valerie Robinson is the person closest to Angela Roy."When I go through something, she goes through it, too,'' Roy said.It took a few moments for Robinson to understand her friend's choked words over the phone. But when she did, she was resolute."I'm on my way,'' said Robinson.Others have rallied around the families of both young men. Daniel and Doris Shaw of Manhattan Young Fashion on Hay Street donated Nick Roy's burial clothing. They also donated the clothing for other members of the family to wear to the funeral."When it was time to figure it up, the spirit led me to just give it all to them,'' Daniel Shaw sai...
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Saturday, April 08, 2017Dec. 27, 2016, head-on crash. (Photo: Photo courtesy of the Daily Iowegian)An Iowa State Patrol crash report shows that a vehicle driven by Marcus C. McFall, 34, of Centerville, Ia., crossed the center line, slamming head-on into a vehicle driven by Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville.The crash happened around 10 p.m. south of Centerville on Iowa Highway 5 at Highway T30. Both men died from their injuries.The information provided by the DOT did not specify which man was driving while impaired.Court records show that McFall was arrested April 28, 2016, and charged with operating while intoxicated-first offense. A trial had been scheduled for March.Moore was employed Centerville's Wastewater Department for 21 years before retiring, according to his obituary. He was a volunteer for Veterans Affairs and enjoyed fishing, hunting, mushroom hunting and "teasing and tormenting anyone he could."Marcus McFall was killed Dec. 27, 2016, in a head-on collision that killed one other person. (Photo: Supplied photo)McFall worked for Midwest Transportation Services in Albia, according to his obituary. He enjoyed trapping, hunting and "his yearly duck hunting trips to North Dakota." He was an avid fan of the Iowa State Cyclones.The number of alcohol-related fatalities in 2016 likely will rise after toxicology results are completed in 16 other fatal crashes in which authorities suspect alcohol played a role.An exclusive Des Moines Register analysis shows that 43 percent of Iowa's 72 alcohol-related crashes in 2016 involved drivers who previously had been arrested for driving drunk.Read or Share this story: http://dmreg.co/2ojA7yO...
Monday, March 27, 2017Kalb County Coroner Tom Wilson says 39-year-old Julia Yates Patterson died in a head-on crash with a pickup truck about 3 p.m. Tuesday in northeast Alabama. Police say one of the vehicles crossed the center line before the crash.Wilson says the woman’s 8-year-old daughter, Elizabeth “Libby” Patterson, ran in front of a car and was struck and killed about 30 minutes later. Police say the girl had just gotten home from school and wouldn’t have known about her mother’s death.Alabama state troopers are investigating both deaths, which happened about 7 miles (10 kilometers) apart on Alabama 117.
Monday, January 23, 2017Cruiser driven by Kathleen Beckwith of Wolfeboro just after 7 p.m., according to Gilford Police Lt. Kristian J. Kelley.Kelley said an initial investigation determined that Robinson’s car crossed the center line and collided with Beckwith’s vehicle. Robinson, who had critical head injuries, was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, “where she succumbed to her injuries,” Kelley said.Beckwith was not seriously injured in the crash, which occurred as heavy snow was falling. Kelley said accident reconstruction teams have not yet determined the cause of the crash, or whether the falling snow and slippery conditions played a role.Robinson was married and had three children under the age of 5, said her stepfather, realtor Chuck Braxton of Meredith. One of her children was born earlier this year, he said.“My wife and I loved her very much,” Braxton said.Robinson’s last post on her Facebook page was made at 12:57 p.m. Wednesday.Above a photo of two of her children, she wrote, “My girls, what a perfect winter day to watch a movie!”Because of the seriousness of the crash, Kelley said, the bypass was closed for about five hours. During that time, local and state police conducted the reconstruction of the crash.The busy bypass was the scene of a fatal crash last Thursday at a point where the road passes through Laconia. As heavy fog passed through the area at about 2 p.m., Arline L. Downing, 88, of Laconia was driving a Chevy Cobalt that collided with a dump truck driven by Richard R. Leclerc, 56, of Berwick, Maine. Downing was pronounced dead at the scene. Leclerc was not injured.On Oct. 28 at about 1 p.m., Steven Price of Belmont, who was on a lunch break from his tri...
Monday, January 16, 2017Police said that when they arrived, the suspect fled with the woman in a black 2014 Dodge Ram pickup, and police pursued the vehicle in the city and then south onto Highway 201.The pickup crossed the center line and collided with a 2001 Ford Excursion on Highway 201 near the intersection with Southwest 18th Avenue, Goldthorpe said.The driver of the Ford, David Bates, died at the scene of the crash. His wife, Jessica Bates, was a passenger in the Ford and was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. The couple were from Vale, Oregon, according to social media posts.An adult female was found dead in the pickup truck. Her name was not released as of Monday evening. Ontario Police believe the kidnapping was not random.The victim’s vehicle was found abandoned in Weiser in the middle of the road. Several vehicles have been seized and are being searched, Ontario Police Chief Cal Kunz said.Anthony Montwheeler, 49, of Nampa, the suspect and driver of the pickup, was also seriously injured in the crash and taken to a local hospital.Montwheeler was convicted of first-degree aggravated theft in March 2012 in Grant County, Oregon. He was sentenced to serve 24 months, with credit for time served. His wife, Annita Montwheeler, was convicted of the same charge. The Montwheelers appealed in 2016, and their sentences were vacated and charges dismissed.The investigation will have two parts: homicide and the fatal crash. The Ontario Police Department will handle the homicide investigation with as...
Monday, December 26, 2016Dec. 16, when he and best friend Cameron Booher were killed in an accident off Butler Nursery Road.Booher, 19, was driving a 2002 Acura when, according to a N.C. Highway Patrol report, he crossed the center line twice before striking a utility pole.The boys' death was the most crippling blow in a year in which Angela Roy has undergone chemotherapy for thyroid cancer, mourned the death of her fiance in June and learned that her mother, Dorothy Colvin, has been diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer."Nick was my supporter,'' she said. "He always said, 'Mom, it'll be all right.' He was a young man, but he had an old man's soul.''And now she had to find a way to pay for a funeral.Throughout most of the day of the accident, Angela Roy felt something wasn't right."I had a sick feeling that I couldn't explain,'' she said.When her son hadn't arrived home from the bus stop by 4 p.m., she started making phone calls. First to the high school, then to the Board of Education. By then, Bus 201 already was back in the lot.As she was driving down the dirt road that leads to the home she shares with her mother, she saw a state trooper in her rearview mirror.Was she the mother of Nicholas Miles Roy?"Is he OK?'' she asked.Valerie Robinson is the person closest to Angela Roy."When I go through something, she goes through it, too,'' Roy said.It took a few moments for Robinson to understand her friend's choked words over the phone. But when she did, she was resolute."I'm on my way,'' said Robinson.Others have rallied around the families of both young men. Daniel and Doris Shaw of Manhattan Young Fashion on Hay Street donated Nick Roy's burial clothing. They also donated the clothing for other members of the family to wear to the funeral."When it was time to figure it up, the spirit led me to just give it all to them,'' Daniel Shaw sai...
