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Blowout causes accident in Pott. County

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July 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

A tire blow-out on an SUV caused an accident that resulted in an injuries to a Nebraska woman this (Wednesday) morning, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer driven by 22-year old Dylan Anthony Sporer, of Council Bluffs, was traveling east on Interstate 80 at around 8:52-a.m., when the left rear tire blew out.

The SUV went out of control and spun off the road about a mile and a-half south of the I-680 split. The vehicle continued to slide down an embankment before coming to rest in the east ditch. A passenger in the SUV, 72-year old Calixta Malapit Laplano, of Omaha, was injured, and transported by Neola Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.