ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED AFTER THREE ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS ON HIGHWAY 163

One dead, one injured after three rollover accidents on Highway 163

Three rollover accidents in the same area of Highway 163 early Monday morning (2/1) resulted in the death of an Oskaloosa man and one person being injured…and also led to the highway being shut down for about 45 minutes.  Around 5:45am Monday, the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office was called to a one vehicle rollover accident on Highway 163 new Jewell Avenue.  A pickup driven by 21-year-old Taylor Deney of University Park was going west on 163 when she lost control of the vehicle due to icy conditions on the pavement.  Deney was ejected from her pickup and the vehicle slid into the median, where it came to rest.  At the same place, a westbound SUV driven by 37-year-old Muriel Gordon of Oskaloosa lost control and slid into the ditch on the north side of the highway.  The SUV rolled over three times and Gordon was ejected.  Then a pickup driven by 50-year-old Henry Beerbower of Oskaloosa lost control in the same area, slid into the median and rolled several times.  Beerbower was ejected from the vehicle while it was rolling.  Beerbower was taken to Mahaska Health, where he was pronounced dead from his injuries.  Gordon was also taken to Mahaska Health where she is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.  Deney was not injured.  The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Department closed that area of Highway 163 for about 45 minutes while they cleared the vehicles and debris from the scene.  None of the three vehicles hit the others…and it’s not known if Gordon and Beerbower were trying to avoid running into Deney’s vehicle.

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