AUTHORITIES SAY FOG WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN A FATAL ACCIDENT CHRISTMAS DAY THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A MAPLETON, IOWA WOMAN.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 7:40PM ON 130TH STREET EAST OF WALNUT AVE IN MONONA COUNTY.
A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 75-YEAR-OLD ROSEMARY BARBER WAS TURNING AROUND IN THE ROADWAY TO PROCEED BACK WESTBOUND WHEN IT WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER’S SIDE BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 31-YEAR-OLD CODY CLAUSEN OF SCHLESWIG, IOWA.
BARBER WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT BURGESS HOSPITAL IN ONAWA.
CLAUSEN AND A PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE WERE NOT INJURED.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FOGGY AND VISIBILITY WAS LIMITED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
