Deadly Waterloo Accident

MARCH 10 ROGER KING, KOEL-AM (WATERLOO FATALITY)

A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WATERLOO OVER THE WEEKEND, HAS KILLED A GARWIN MAN.

IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 1:30PM SUNDAY, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST SIXTH AND COMMERCIAL STREETS, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF WATERLOO.

A CAR DRIVEN BY 55 YEAR OLD SCOTT THOMSON OF GARWIN, WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF WEST SIXTH, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN ONTO COMMERCIAL STREET. ANOTHER NORTHBOUND VEHICLE, A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 34 YEAR OLD TAVIOUS JENKINS OF WATERLOO, WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE; GARWIN'S CAR COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK, WHICH PUSHED THE CAR INTO A UTILITY POLE, AT THE INTERSECTION.

THOMSON WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT; JENKINS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

WATERLOO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT.

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