One person is dead after a multiple-vehicle accident Sunday evening.
The Iowa State Patrol reported Thomas Richard Hebel Perkins, age 41 of Cedar Rapids, was westbound on 140th St. in a 2015 Jeep Cherokee when he failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection with Hwy. 1 and collided with the rear portion of a northbound 2013 CRSC camper being pulled by Randy Ray Rouse, age 63 of Mechanicsville. Perkins’ vehicle continued through the trailer and T-boned a southbound 2018 Toyota RAV 4 driven by Usha Mallik, age 77 of Iowa City. A fourth vehicle, a 2011 Honda CRV driven by Becky Lu, age 22 of Bettendorf, collided with debris from the camper.
Mallik was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported by the Johnson County Medical Examiner while Perkins was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) by the Air Care 1 helicopter ambulance. Samantha Paige Hebel Perkins, age 34 of Cedar Rapids was transported to UIHC by the Johnson County Ambulance Service (JCAS). An unnamed 1-year-old child and Matthew John Charles, age 46 of Paris, France, were also transported to the UIHC by ambulance.
The State Patrol reports all were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
The Solon Fire Department, Mount Vernon Fire Department, JCAS, Lisbon-Mount Vernon Ambulance Service, State Patrol, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident, which was reported at 5:36 p.m.