Public Safety
VIDEO: Two hurt in crash north of Robins
Posted on Nov 02, 2009 by Jeff Raasch.
Firefighters clean up the roadway after a two-vehicle accident at County Home Road and C Avenue Extension Monday morning. (Jeff Raasch/The Gazette)
UPDATE: An accident between a pickup and a truck used to haul glass sent two men to the hospital Monday morning.
The collision happened around 7:10 a.m. at the intersection of County Home Road and C Avenue Extension, north of Robins. The glass truck, driven by Jared C. Goettsch, 29, of Cedar Rapids, pulled out in front of a westbound pickup driven by Dennis H. Farrington, 64, of Central City, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Ambulances took Farrington to St. Luke’s Hospital and Goettsch to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Sheriff’s Sgt. Gary VanCura said their injuries were not considered life-threatening.
The glass truck was not carrying any sheets of glass when the accident happened. Traffic backed up on County Home Road around the accident scene for about an hour, until both lanes were cleared.
Goettsch was charged with failure to yield, the sheriff’s office said.
ctiger
03. Nov, 2009
I think you're right. It can be difficult to see anything coming from the East and on Saturday morning when they have soccer games there, good luck getting onto County Home at all.