Drugs, alcohol possible factors in fatal crash

Drugs or alcohol are suspected as factors in a crash that claimed the life of a Shenandoah man on Aug. 20.

Robert G. Ryan, 46, of Shenandoah recently died at Creighton University Medical Center from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle wreck at U.S. Highway 34 and 28th Street.

Ryan and Lyle F. Stogdill, 29, of Shenandoah, were westbound on Highway 34 when their vehicle entered the south ditch for unknown reasons, crossed 288th Street and rolled, according to the Iowa State Patrol.

The state patrol has now determined that Stogdill was driving the vehicle which was owned by Ryan, not Darnolds Towing, as incorrectly noted in an earlier story about the crash.

Ryan, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the truck.

According to the state patrol drugs and/or alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.

Reporter Mike Brownlee can be reached at (712) 325-5732 or by email at mbrownlee@nonpareilonline.com.

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