HAMILTON COUNTY, IA – A Minnesota woman exited a vehicle on a busy road for an unknown reason and was run over by a semi.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, on May 1 at about 10 PM, 52-year-old Denise Lorine McMahon was a passenger in a vehicle near the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 69 when she left that vehicle. A Freightliner semi traveling eastbound on Highway 20 driven by John W. Dully of Tennessee then struck McMahon, killing her.
The patrol did not explain whether McMahon’s vehicle was moving or not when she exited, nor did it explain why she left the vehicle.