COGGON, Iowa — A 63-year-old Coralville man was killed Thursday afternoon when his vehicle rear-ended a Jeep that had slowed for a construction flagger on Highway 13 in Linn County, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim was identified as Douglas Bernhard, 63, of Coralville.
Deputies and emergency responders were dispatched at approximately 4:27 p.m. Nov. 12 to a two-vehicle crash near Highway 13 and Linn Street in Coggon.
Crash Occurred Near One-Lane Construction Zone
According to investigators, both vehicles were traveling northbound on Highway 13 when a black Jeep Compass slowed to stop for a flagger directing traffic through a construction zone…