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Party bus passenger injured Saturday in NW IA after falling out a window of the bus

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September 9th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

HULL, Iowa — One person sustained serious injuries after falling out of a window of a party bus on Saturday. According to a press release by the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies responded at around 1:14-a.m., Saturday, to a 9-1-1 report of a person who fell out of a window of a moving bus on Highway 18, two and one-half miles west of Hull, IA.

The “All 4 Fun” party bus, driven by a man from Ocheydan, was eastbound on Highway 18 when passengers alerted him that a passenger on the bus, 21-year-old Levi Koopmans, of Ireton, IA, had leaned against an unlatched window, fell through it and struck the roadway; the bus was reportedly traveling at approximately 50 MPH at the time of the accident.

Koopmans was transported by Hull Ambulance to Sioux Center Hospital; he was later flown to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD, for treatment of serious injuries.
The sheriff’s office was assisted by the Rock Valley Police Department, Hull Ambulance and the Hull Fire Department.