Zach Robert Whitsel, 36, and Charles Frank Dibbern, 51, killed in head-on collision Highway 61 in Muscatine County, Iowa

Modified Date: 
Tue, 08/23/2016 - 8:39am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Drivers in both cars pronounced dead at crash scene

According to an Iowa State Patrol report, a Silverado truck was driven by Zach Robert Whitsel, 36, of Davenport, was for unknown reasons traveling northbound in the southbound lanes.

Two Davenport men dead in Highway 61 crash near Blue Grass

Iowa State Patrol says Zachary Whitsel, 36, and Charles Dibbern, 51, were each the lone passengers in their cars and both died on scene.

Fatal Eastern Iowa Crash - Center Line Crossed

Iowa Code § 321.297 states "A vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway upon all roadways of sufficient width..." However, the statute provides exceptions for such things as "when an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the roadway, provided, any person so doing shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the roadway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard"

Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on
People Involved: 
Zach Robert Whitsel
Charles Frank Dibbern
Roadway: 
Highway 61

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