(Update) – Authorities confirm 1 dead, 1 injury in Shelby Co. rollover
August 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
(Updated 5-a.m.) — A man was critically injured and a teenager died during a rollover accident Tuesday night, in Shelby County. Authorities say 17-year old Anna Eggerss, of rural Avoca, died, after being ejected from and pinned beneath an SUV that rolled over at around 8:30-p.m., west of Shelby. The driver of the SUV, 22-year old Eric Henley, of Shelby, was thrown about 60-feet from the vehicle as it rolled. He was listed in critical condition. He was taken to Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan before being flown to the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s trauma unit, in Omaha.
Officials say Henley was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer westbound on Shelby County Road F-66 near the intersection with Elmwood Road, when the vehicle topped a small hill, went out of control, swerved a few times before entering the south ditch, where it rolled several times. The accident remains under investigation.
Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by crews from the Shelby Fire Dept., Medivac Ambulance and personnel with the Iowa State Patrol.