Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa legislators are considering a bill that would make it a crime not to call emergency responders to report someone who seems to be in serious danger.
The effort stems from the death of Noah Herring, a 15-year-old Tiffin resident who drowned in the Coralville Reservoir last April.
His family is hopeful the bill will pass, according to a statement provided to the Press-Citizen Tuesday.
The Johnson County Sheriff s Office said three teens and one adult were present when Herring drowned on April 7, but none placed a call to law enforcement to get help.
During initial interviews with the sheriff s office, the individuals didn t tell the authorities where to find Herring or what had happened, Sheriff Brad Kunkel told the Press-Citizen shortly after the investigation concluded.
March 22, 2021
A Siloam man was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 52 South, near the Cook School Road exit.
Marvin H. Bledsoe Sr., of Siloam, 85, had for some reason stopped his car on the shoulder of the southbound lane of U.S. 52, then wondered into oncoming traffic when he was struck, according to North Carolina Highway Patrol First Sgt. J.M. Church.
The sergeant said officials do not yet know why Bledsoe had exited his car. “It was nearby, and wasn’t broken down,” Church said.
David Speight, interim Surry County Emergency Services director, said the incident occurred shortly after 6 a.m., when conditions were still dark. He said that Bledsoe was standing or walking in the right-hand traffic lane when he was struck.