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Fatal accident west of Shelby Sunday morning

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May 29th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

A collision on Interstate 80 Sunday morning in Pottawattamie County, claimed the life of a man from Nebraska and resulted in a woman being injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2004 Toyota 4Runner pulling a camper, and a 2015 Ford F350 & camper, were both traveling eastbound about a mile west of Shelby, when the Toyota, driven by 66-year-old Andrea J. Barge, of Oshkosh, NE, went out of control as it was traveling in the left lane.

The SUV/camper struck the pickup/camper, which was in the right lane, and driven by 31-year-old Benjamin J. MIller, of Lennox, SD. The pickup and camper went into the south ditch and came to rest. The SUV/Camper spun and came to rest on the driver’s side, partially in the right lane and south shoulder, facing southwest. The accident happened at around 10:54-a.m.

Andrea Barge – who wore her seat belt – was injured and transported by Shelby Rescue to Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Her passenger, 72-year-old Delbert E. Barge, of North Platte, NE, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. Benjamin Miller was not injured.