Personal Injury Law

Interstate Highway Mystery ? Where did that body come from?

By Steve Lombardi

Back to the future with bits and pieces of news from the Interstate

Shelton, Nebraska – Buffalo County - I-80 collision between two semi-trucks leaving one driver dead. After jackknifing in the westbound lane of Interstate 80 a second semi-truck also in the westbound lane collided with it, killing the driver of the jackknifed semi-truck. It's reported to have occurred around 4:48 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2010. The driver of the second truck is a 49-year-old man from Altoona, Iowa. He was hospitalized in Kearney, Nebraska at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Nebraska Highway Patrol investigated along with the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office. The report is from Sarah Schultz with The Grand Island Independent news organization.

Janesville, Iowa – U.S. Highway 218 – This crash is between a pickup truck and a school van from the Janesville Community School District around 7:30 a.m. on February 5, 2010. The collision location is at the West Gresham Road exit. Both vehicles were traveling south and the pickup truck rear-ended the school van. Two occupants of the van were taken to the hospital.

Roseville, California - I-80 – In the westbound lane of I-80 the body of a Roseville woman was found sprawled out, she had expired. This is a very strange or odd 'accident'. The officer, Montijo with described details as 'sketchy' and he could see no car associated with the woman. The collision described may be a hit-n-run or there could be another explanation. It was being investigated at 4:25 a.m. on February 4, 2010 near the Eureka Road onramp. The report is by KNCO. I did some checking and found a follow-up story from the next day, February 5, 2010. Jeremy Sam Sarguis, 21-year-old man turned himself into the North Sacramento Police Department. The woman was identified as Vickie Janelle Scott, 47-years-old. Interesting twist with this one is that the woman it seems had been to a casino was on seen by a county sheriff's deputy from Placer County at around 2:00 to 2:30 who offered to get her a ride, she declined and nothing else appears to have been done. What seems odd is the location of the woman at the time the deputy spoke with her seems to be I-80. Why would a law enforcement officer allow a pedestrian to continue on foot along or on an Interstate highway? Of all highways to be walking on why I-80?

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).