Names released in a fatal eastern Iowa crash
September 30th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Anamosa, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol, late today (Tuesday) released the names of people involved in a fatal crash Monday morning. The ISP says the driver of a 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 83-year-old Clifford Bickel, of Anamosa, died in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle (a 2012 Ford F250 pickup), 59-year-old Lynn Strang, of Hopkinton, was injured.
The crash happened at around 8:10-a.m. Monday at Highway 151 and South Circle Drive, in Anamosa.
Authorities say Bickel failed to yield the right-of-way to the pickup as his car entered into the traveled portion of Highway 151 southbound from Circle Drive. The car was hit on the driver’s side by the pickup.
Clifford Bickel died at the scene. Strang was transported by Anamosa Ambulance to the Jones Regional Medical Center. Both rivers were wearing their seat belts.