Joshua Villa was loading a disabled vehicle onto his tow truck while an Urbandale police officer and a DOT Highway Helper assisted at the scene. Evidence showed that a semitruck failed to move over or slow down and struck Mr. Villa.
In July 2016, Troy Mure was convicted of vehicular homicide for a crash that killed Scalicity Boyd, 22, a passenger in the car, on Nov. 23, 2015. Evidence showed that Mr. Mure’s vehicle was traveling 86 mph in the 600 block of 35th Street when he hit a utility pole.
Martavius Green faces up to 35 years in prison and must serve a minimum of 10 years before he would be eligible for parole. He will be sentenced Feb. 18. His sentence will include enhancements for using a gun in the commission of the offense.
The crash killed Fred Lehman, 76, and Mary Lehman, 79, of Des Moines.
Evidence indicated that Tyrell Grimes and Andrew Jerome Harris argued outside Rico’s at Drake bar and grill.
The victim suffered serious head injuries. “Without life-saving procedures by a brain surgeon, he was going to die,” Bell said.