STATE OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH IN SOUTHWEST IOWA IN WHICH A COUNTY DEPUTY LOST HIS LIFE.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL CONFIRMS THEY’RE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH TUESDAY THAT KILLED 37-YEAR-OLD FREMONT COUNTY DEPUTY AUSTIN “MELVIN” RICHARDSON.
THE FREMONT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS RICHARDSON WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 275 — ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF SIDNEY — WHEN HIS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A SOUTHBOUND COMBINE DRIVEN BY 64-YEAR-OLD JAMES GROFF.
THE COMBINE WAS WIDER THAN THE LANE AND RICHARDSON STRUCK ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES, ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL.
