BUCHANAN COUNTY – Police took a road rage report and as cops closed in, an Iowa man’s involvement in the incident ended with him bloodied and his pickup truck engulfed in flames.
On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at approximately 8:15 PM, the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 report of a vehicle aggressively following another vehicle on Hwy 20 near the 269 mile marker. Deputies were dispatched to the area. The Dispatcher remained on the phone with the caller and told her to take the next exit. When the caller did so, the other vehicle continued to follow. The caller turned northbound on Hwy 187 and then westbound on 210th Street with the other vehicle still following. The caller reported that the other vehicle had gone into the ditch but thought that the driver was able to drive back out of the ditch. Deputies located the caller and attempted to locate the other vehicle.
After a few minutes, a Sheriff’s Deputy located a male covered in blood and walking along the roadway in the 3000 blk of 210th Street. Shortly after, a vehicle was located in a farm field, engulfed in flames.
According to the investigation, a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado operated by Andrew Anderson of Dubuque was traveling westbound in the 3000 block of 210th Street when Anderson lost control of the vehicle and entered the ditch. Anderson was able to drive the vehicle back out of the ditch and back on to the roadway before he lost control again. This time, the vehicle entered the ditch and rolled into a farm field before catching fire.
Anderson was medically evaluated at the scene and transported to Regional Medical Center in Manchester with unspecified injures.
This incident remains under investigation and charges are pending.
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Iowa State Patrol, Winthrop Fire Department and Regional Medical Center Ambulance.