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19-year-old Ottumwa man killed in police chase

19-year-old Ottumwa man killed in police chase
WAYS TO MAKE PEACE. AND A WHEN MOTORCYCLIST IS DEAD AFTER A CHASE WITH TROOPERS. IT STARTED SATURDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 63 IN BLOOMFIELD. TROOPERS SAY 19 YEAR OLD REESE JONES WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM. AND AS HE CROSSED THE INTERSECT AT HIGHWAY TWO, TROOPERS SAY THAT’S WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. THE TRUCK DRIVER WASN’T HURT.
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19-year-old Ottumwa man killed in police chase
An Ottumwa man was killed in a crash after a chase with police Saturday night.An Iowa State Patrol crash report says 19-year-old Reese Jones, who was driving a motorcycle, was trying to drive away from law enforcement on Highway 63 in Bloomfield. As he was crossing the intersection at Highway 2, he collided with a pickup truck.The 17-year-old driver of the truck was not hurt, but Jones was killed.It is unknown what led up to the chase.According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 118 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That's 13 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in crashes each year, the DOT says.

An Ottumwa man was killed in a crash after a chase with police Saturday night.

An Iowa State Patrol crash report says 19-year-old Reese Jones, who was driving a motorcycle, was trying to drive away from law enforcement on Highway 63 in Bloomfield. As he was crossing the intersection at Highway 2, he collided with a pickup truck.

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The 17-year-old driver of the truck was not hurt, but Jones was killed.

It is unknown what led up to the chase.

According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 118 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That's 13 more than at the same point in 2022. Over the last five years, an average of 338 people have been killed in crashes each year, the DOT says.