Tuesday accident sends one to hospital

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BY PCC STAFF

FORT MADISON - A Tuesday afternoon three-car accident has sent one person to the hospital with unknown injuries.

According to a release from Fort Madison Police Chief Mark Rohloff, at 12:11 p.m., officers were dispatched to a rollover accident in front of Fort Madison Community Hospital.

Upon arrival it was discovered that a crash had occurred at the intersection of Avenue O and 53rd Street. The traffic lights at the intersection are inoperable, and had been replaced with temporary stop signs and warning flags. Two vehicles were found in the intersection, with a truck on its side just west of the scene.

Witnesses reported observing a van and a car stopped at the intersection facing west waiting for traffic to clear, when at that point a westbound pickup truck approached and struck the rear end of both vehicles. The force propelled both cars into the intersection and caused the pickup truck to roll multiple times before coming to a rest across the street.

The driver of the truck, a 2017 Dodge Ram was identified as Kristopher Lee Amberger, 50, of West Point, IA. He was able to exit his own vehicle and refused medical treatment. The driver of the car, a 2001 Pontiac was Sandra Louise Seager, 58, of Donnellson, who had to be extricated from her car by the fire department. She was transported by ambulance to the FMCH emergency department for treatment.

The driver of the van, a 2016 Honda, was identified as Sabrina Marie Brown, 37, of Niota, IL, who had a complaint of minor injury and would later seek medical care.

All vehicles were disabled and required to be towed from the roadway. Responders to the scene included the Fort Madison Police Department, Fort Madison Fire Department, Lee County EMS, and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.

Amberger was taken to the Fort Madison Police Department where he was initially charged with a traffic offense of “Following Too Closely.”

The case is currently under investigation and no further details are available for release.

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