KEOKUK FATAL ACCIDENT
A MONTROSE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE HEAD ON CRASH
LATE THURSDAY MORNING ON MAIN STREET ROAD CLOSE TO THE
INTERSECTION OF SOUTH NAVAHO DRIVE. ACCORDING TO KEOKUK
POLICE A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 39 YEAR OLD AMY PARDALL OF MONTROSE
WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON MAIN STREET ROAD WHEN SHE COLLIEDED
HEAD ON WITH A SOUTH BOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 49 YEAR OLD
KAREN PRUETT OF MONTROSE. PRUETT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
SCENE BY LEE COUNTY CORONER DR. EUGENIO TORRES.
TWO PASSENGERS IN THE PRUETT VEHICLE 79 YEAR OLD GOLDIE PRUETT
OF MONTROSE AND A 14 YEAR OLD JUVENILE FROM FORT MADISON WAS
INJURED AND WERE TAKEN BY LEE COUNTY AMBULANCE TO KEOKUK
AREA HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE AMY PARDALL
SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND REFUSED TREATMENT AT THE SCENE.
ALSO ASSISTING WERE THE KEOKUK FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LEE
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THE IOWA STATE PATROL. THE ACCIDENT
REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
