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Boone County car accident allegedly caused by ‘tall corn' kills one person
A fatal car crash in Boone County was allegedly caused by "tall corn" obstructing the sightlines of an "uncontrolled" intersection.
Bobby Rodriguez, 55, of Waukee, was killed on Saturday, Aug. 9 when his Honda SXS collided with Wayne Reinhart's Chevrolet Silverado as the pair entered the I Avenue and 280th Street intersection south of Ogden.
Two passengers in the Honda, Susan Rodriguez, 40, of Waukee, and a nine-year-old, were injured and life-flighted to Methodist hospital. Reinhart, 74, Alleman, did not report an injury.
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According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, Reinhart was traveling east on 280th Street while Bobby Rodriguez was northbound on I Avenue when their vehicles entered the intersection just before 3:45 p.m.
The crash report says each driver's view was blocked by the tall corn when they collided, eventually coming to rest in a bean field on the northwest corner of the intersection.
Bobby Rodriguez and the two passengers in his car were wearing seatbelts, according to the State Patrol report.
Celia Brocker is a government, crime, political and education reporter for the Ames Tribune. She can be reached at CBrocker@
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