At approximately 11:50 a.m. Friday, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Officers, the Clear Lake Fire Department and two Mason City ambulances were dispatched to a two vehicle accident on CORRECTION: 250th Street and Lark Avenue, just outside Mason City city limits.
A car was northbound on Lark Avenue when it was struck by a Absolute Waste Removal garbage truck traveling east.
“He just didn’t see it,” said Larry Portis, who was at the scene, “It’s hard to see around these corners.”
The couple that were in the car were taken by ambulance to Mason City Mercy Hospital. The passenger who was taken first and the female driver were rescued by the Clear Lake Fire Department. Their airbags were deployed and they were wearing seatbelts.
It was reported that the female did complain about some pain on her lower neck, wrist and knees.
The passenger in the Absolute Waste Removal truck said, “I talked to them both, they seemed okay, just shaken up.”
The driver of the Absolute Waste Removal truck received a ticket.
Miller Towing and Dick’s Place Towing were called to get the vehicles.
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Hey shutta …..half of the employees at Absolute are ex-Waste Management employees so it coulda been one of them when they worked foe Wasted Management!!!!
Waste Management hit my car & denied doing it, wouldn’t pay for anything. Now as a business owner I go with Absolute. Screw Waste Management.
“Slowdown”…sounds like you might work for the “other guy”. I see just as many GREEN garbage trucks hauling **s as the blue trucks.
Absolute provides garbage pick-up in my town – and they drive like maniacs – in too much of a hurry.
Don’t know if that had anything to do with it, but I have definitely noticed they are less careful than Waste Management was when they were providing the service.
I drive down Lark every morning. Even though the traffic coming from east/west have a stop sign I still yield. That intersection is VERY dangerous because of the bushes that are on each side of that road. The property owners on each side should have to trim those bushes even though there is a stop sign facing east/west but not everyone thinks they need to stop there. I’ve been wondering how long it will take before someone gets hurt. Next time someone might get killed.