Des Moines man not charged in fatal crash with pedestrian
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(ABC 6 News) – The driver in a fatal crash will not be criminally charged, according to Clear Lake PD.
Chief of Police Mike Colby confirmed Wednesday, May 28, that there would be no charges filed against Henry Moss Jr. of Des Moines.
Moss Jr. was driving down I-35 in the early morning of Nov. 2, 2024, when he struck 59-year-old Michelle Schutz of Mason City, who had been in the southbound lane.
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(ABC 6 News) – A Mason City woman was killed in a car versus pedestrian crash on I-35 in Clear Lake.
According to Clear Lake police chief Mike Colby, police received several calls about two pedestrians in the southbound lane of I-35 around 1 a.m. Nov. 2.
An additional caller reported that one of the pedestrians had been struck by a passing truck.
Police found 59-year-old Michelle Schutz dead at the scene.
The truck involved had left the scene. Police later identified the truck traveling south near Ankeny.
The driver was Henry Moss Jr., 60, of Des Moines.
The crash remains under investigation.