Updated: 3:56 PM CDT May 25, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa A person is dead after being hit by a garbage truck along the 10400 block of NE University Avenue Tuesday morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff s Office.
Deputies arrived at the scene along NE University Ave, also part of Highway 163, around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning for a person who had entered the westbound lanes of traffic from the north.
The pedestrian struck by the Dumpster Roll-off Truck died at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured.
According to the sheriff s office, witnesses saw the victim walk out of the north ditch of Hwy 163 before they were struck by the side of the Aspen truck.
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Mar 9, 2021
Portland Police are trying to identify a potential robbery suspect who tried to break into a home until the home owner fired a shot.
Portland Police responded to the area of the 3200 block of Southeast 36th Avenue Tuesday morning regarding a shot fired. Officers arrived and learned that a suspect had been trying into break into the front door of a residence here.
The suspect kicked the front door of the residence and then began breaking the door with a cinder block. An occupant of the residence fired one gunshot as a warning to the person trying to break into the front door. The shot went upward into the structure of the front porch of the residence.