Iowa State Patrol

A goal to minimize traffic fatalities across the state was exceeded.

Both crashes happened Monday.

Attorneys defending the man charged in the shooting death of an Iowa State Patrol trooper in April wants the upcoming trial moved.

Benda worked out the of the Iowa State Patrol's District 10 office in Oelwein.

Also Monday, an accident in Cedar Falls trapped a woman and four dogs in the cab of an overturned semi.

Also Thursday, an Iowa State trooper was injured in a separate northeast Iowa accident.

It was an unconventional measure to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.

The Guttenberg accident involved a school bus.

A Fairbank man was electrocuted in Hazleton and a Nashua man died in Chickasaw County car-semi crash.

The crash happened Wednesday morning near North Iowa Area Community College.