Davenport, IA : 1 dead, 1 injured in crash on Kimberly Road, just west of Wisconsin Avenue in Davenport on Sunday, 1st November, 2020
A Donahue woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving collided with another vehicle while she was fleeing an Iowa State trooper.
The crash occurred at 4:35 p.m., Sunday, on Kimberly Road, just west of Wisconsin Avenue in Davenport.
Dead is Kathryn Anne Burkhead, 31, of Donahue.
According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, a state trooper tried to initiate a traffic stop on Burkhead's vehicle, a 2005 Buick, as it was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 in rural Scott County.
Burkhead failed to stop and continued onto Interstate 280 from I-80, the report stated.
Burkhead exited I-280 at Kimberly Road and was traveling eastbound just west of Wisconsin Avenue when she lost control of her vehicle, entered the opposite lane, and was struck broadside by a 2013 Jeep driven Emilie Anne Heggen, 22, of Iowa City, according to the crash report.
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