A rollover accident in northeastern Iowa’s Jones County, Sunday, resulted one death and one person injured. The accident happened at around 2-a.m. in Monticello. According to the State Patrol, a 2004 Ford Explorer was traveling south on River Road, when it entered the west ditch and rolled several times before coming to rest on its top. The 44-year-old driver from Anamosa, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and died from his injuries at the scene.

A 42-year-old passenger in the SUV was wearing their seat belt. They suffered minor injuries and were transported to their residence by the Jones County Sheriff. No names have been released.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office, Monticello Police, Fire and Ambulance, and the Jones County Medical Examiner.

An investigation into an accident Saturday night in Montgomery County resulted in an arrest. Sheriff’s officials say at around 9:50-p.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office took a report of an accident on Highway 34 at G Avenue. At the scene, deputies found probable cause to arrest the driver of the vehicle, Benjamin E. Maxwell, of Nebraska, for OWI/1st offense. Maxwell was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

And, Police in Red Oak arrested a man on an OWI charge, Saturday night. 31-year-old Robert Dale Filloon, of Sioux City, was arrested at around 10:34-p.m. in the 1800 block of N. 4th Street, for OWI/2nd offense, and Driving WHhle Suspended. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

(UPDATED 5:45-a.m.,9/5/21) – Two people were injured during a early this (Sunday) morning, in Atlantic. The crash involving a white, Buick Rendezvous crossover SUV happened at around 4-a.m. on the southwest side of town, near 29th Street and Nishna Road. Atlantic Police Officer Christian Holzapfel explains what happened….

The injured were transported to Cass Health, in Atlantic. The driver – whose name was not officially released – was thrown from the vehicle and suffered a collapsed lung and other, unknown injuries, according to his family. He was transported later in the morning from Cass Health to the UNMC in Omaha. We will withhold his name until his family gives us permission to use it, or until Police released the name. Three of the four occupants of the SUV were not wearing their seat belts.

No charges were immediately filed. Atlantic Police, Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Cass EMS and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office all responded to the scene. Richter’s Towing removed the vehicle from the scene.

Two-days into the Labor Day weekend in Iowa, and there have already been three fatalities. The Iowa State Patrol reports the first accident happened just before 8-a.m. Friday near Tiffin, in eastern Iowa’s Johnson County. Authorities say a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander was traveling northbound on Half Moon Avenue, when it failed to stop at the stop sign posted at Highway 6.

The vehicle went through the intersection and left the road before hitting a tree.  The driver, 64-year-old Chou-Long Huang was injured, and transported to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. His passenger, 65-year-old Ychen Huang died at the hospital from injuries suffered in the crash. Both were from Coralville. The accident remains under investigation.

The second accident resulted in two dead and two injured. The crash occurred a little after 2-p.m. Saturday near Colwell, in northern Iowa’s Floyd County. The Patrol says a 2012 Ford Edge was southbound on Underwood Avenue near 140th Street, when the SUV crossed the center line of the road and struck a 2019 Ford Flex, head-on.

The occupants of the southbound SUV suffered minor injuries. They were identified as 28-year-old Casey Lindahl, the driver, and a three-year-old passenger child, both of Charles City. They were transported to the Floyd Medical Center by ambulance. The driver of the Ford Flex, 77-year-old Chris Andersen and his passenger, 76-year-old Anita Andersen, both of Mason City, died at the scene.

All of the victims in the crash were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports that on Saturday, September 4th, Page County deputies arrested Caleb Jordan Ennen.  He was arrested after he turned himself in on a valid Page County warrant. Ennen’s cash-only bond was set at $500.