TRANSPORTED BY JOHNSON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO JOHNSON COUNTY MORGUE
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*** FATAL CRASH *** TROOP A FATAL CRASH # 49 AND FATALITY # 52 FOR 2026 *** NEXT-OF-KIN NOTIFIED *** CRASH OCCURRED AS VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, STRUCK A DITCH, STRUCK A BOULDER, AND THEN OVERTURNED. DRIVER 1 WAS EJECTED AND VEHICLE 1 CAME TO REST ON ITS DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE 1 THEN CAUGHT FIRE. DRIVER 1 WAS PRONOUNCED ON SCENE BY JOHNSON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT BATTALION CHIEF TOMMY EDWARDS AT 1554. ASSISTED BY MSGT C R BLACKMON /218/, CPL B A SHOWS /823/, TPR S L EDWARDS /580/, TPR R E TAYLOE /917/, TPR G W WINESBURG /857/, TPR A C RIDEOUT /200/, AND JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.