Pedestrian struck and killed in Pott. County this morning
December 30th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A man from Nebraska died during an accidfent early this (Monday) morning in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2014 Toyota pickup truck driven by 48-year-old Chantell Williamson, of Bourbonnais, IL, was traveling east on Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs, and in the left lane at around 12:10-a.m., when the right front side of the vehicle struck a male pedestrian who was standing in the traveled portion of the road. The man – identified as 51-year-old Michael Ponciano, of Bellevue, NE – came to rest on I-80 near the center line of the road. He died from his injuries at the scene.

