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Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, 7/10/18

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July 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted a man on manslaughter charges in the deaths of our pedestrians near Phoenix four months ago.  Authorities say the SUV Bashaw was driving jumped a curb and struck married couples from Iowa and Canada as they waited to cross a street in Fountain Hills about 32 miles northeast of Phoenix. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year-old Alex Bashaw moved to Ohio after the March 23 collision. They say he’s been arrested on the grand jury warrant and is awaiting extradition to Maricopa County.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officers who followed a car zig-zagging down a Des Moines street before it crashed were surprised to find a 9-year-old girl at the wheel with a 7-year-old child riding shotgun. A 911 caller alerted police to a reckless driver Monday morning. Officers who spotted the car turned on their flashing lights while following it, but the curb-to-curb excursion didn’t end until the minor crash. Neither child was hurt. Police say the children were out on a joy ride, and were heading nowhere in particular.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of former longtime Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray has announced plans for his funeral. The service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Des Moines. Earlier in the week, Ray’s body will lie in state Thursday at the Capitol. Citizens can pay their respects between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Ray died Sunday at age 89. He served 14 years as governor after his election in 1968 and was a former mayor of Des Moines and president of Drake University.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old man died after a fireworks accident in northeast Iowa. The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were sent around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to the man’s home near Waverly. Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Ellison said Monday that Coltin Carolus was lighting off fireworks with friends when he got too close to a device that may have malfunctioned. A sheriff’s office news release says he was taken office life support at a Waterloo hospital around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.