Construction worker killed in Highway 61 accident near Blue Grass-UPDATED
By Jeff Whitten Published: September 1, 2016, 11:12 am Updated: September 1, 2016, 12:02 pm
Hwy 61 at Coon Hunters Road accident 9/1/16 UPDATE: Scott County Sheriff Conard tells us a construction worker was hit and killed in the accident that happened Thursday morning on Highway 61 near Blue Grass.
According to Conard, Muscatine County got a report about a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed eastbound on Highway 61. A Scott County Sheriff Deputy was driving westbound on Highway 61 toward Blue Grass and saw the vehicle going in the other direction.
The deputy started to turn around. At this point, the vehicle in question was entering a construction zone and hit and killed a worker.
The driver of the vehicle then lost control and ended up at the corner of Coon Hunter’s road and Highway 61. The driver and infant passenger were both taken to the hospital. There is no word on injuries.
The identity of the construction work has not been released at this time.
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (KWQC) – Sheriffs deputies were called to the scene of an accident at Coon Hunter’s Road and Highway 61 near Blue Grass, Iowa. The accident happened around 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016.
Crews on scene tell us there was road construction going on at the scene of the accident.
Officials with the Iowa State Patrol tell us eastbound Highway 61 will be closed for an undetermined amount of time while crews work to clear the scene.
Stay tuned to KWQC-TV6 and kwqc.com for updates as we receive them.
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Posted 11:38 am, September 1, 2016, by Tory Brecht
BLUE GRASS -- A construction worker was killed when a driver traveling at a high rate of speed crashed in a construction zone on U.S. Highway 61 near Coonhunter's Road between Davenport and Blue Grass late Thursday morning.
According to Scott County Sheriff Dennis Conard, a vehicle out of Muscatine was observed speeding near the construction zone. A deputy traveling the other way turned around to pursue, but the speeding vehicle crashed.
Conard said a worker from Valley Construction was a fatality. He also said that a baby was the sole passenger in the vehicle that crashed. There were also injuries as a result of the crash, but Conard did not know how serious they were or if they were to the driver or the child. No names are being released at this time, Conard added