Accident Report

ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT–
ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024 AT 7:32PM, DEPUTY WES UNKE RESPONDED TO A TWO
MOTOR VEHICLE NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61. THE DRIVER, KENNETH COSTELLO,
61YRS., OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TRAVELING IN A 2006 TRUCK, SOUTH BOUND ON THE
DIVIDED HIGHWAY 61 AT THE HURSTVILLE ROAD, BEGAN TO TURN LEFT ONTO
THE CENTER MEDIAN PORTION OF THE SOUTH AND NORTH BOUND LANES. THE
DRIVER, JACKSON HORCH, 18YRS., OF DUBUQUE, WAS TRAVELING IN A 2010
NISSAN ALTIMA, ON THE NORTH BOUND LANE ON THE INSIDE TRAFFIC LANE.
WHEN THE TRUCK PULLED OUT FROM THE HURSTVILLE ROAD MEDIAN AREA ONTO
THE TRAVELED PORTION OF HIGHWAY 61 STRUCKING THE NISSAN CAUSING IT TO
SKID SIDEWAYS OFF THE ROADWAY INTO THE EAST DITCH, STRUCKING A
HIGHWAY SIGN. THE 2006 TRUCK HAD $5,000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGES, AND THE
DRIVER WAS UNINJURIED, BUT WAS GIVEN A CITATION FOR FAILURE TO YEILD
UPON LEFT TURN. THE NISSAN HAD $10,000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGES, AND
THE DRIVER COMPLAINED OF MINOR INJURIES, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL CARE. THE
HIGHWAY SIGN WAS $150 DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.
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