Lee County man charged in 2021 traffic accident death in Fort Madison – The Hawk Eye

A Lee County man has been charged for his role in a traffic accident in Fort Madison that caused the death of a Gladstone, Illinois, man in 2021.  Robert Keith, 27, of St. Paul, was arrested Thursday and charged with homicide by vehicle reckless driving (class C felony) for the death of Andy Joe Annegers, 62, on March 2, 2021. At 4:41 p.m. that day, police say Keith was driving a red 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix southbound on Highway 61, near Chalk Ridge Road in Fort Madison, when he collided with a 2007 Zetar 8441 tractor being driven by Annegers, according to a criminal complaint. Police say Keith’s car hit the tractor at a high rate of speed, ejecting Annegers from the tractor and causing the tractor to come to rest at the bottom of a nearby ravine.  Annegers died from his injuries at the scene of the crash and Keith was taken to Fort Madison Hospital for minor injuries.      More: Gladstone, Illinois, man dies in car tractor crashThe incident was investigated by the Iowa State Patrol. The Lee County Sheriff’s office, West Point and Donnellson police, Lee County EMS and West Point Fire and Rescue also responded the accident. The complaint states that Keith “failed to observe…
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