(Cerro Gordo Co.) One person was injured in a transit bus vs pedestrian accident in Cerro Gordo County Tuesday afternoon.
The Iowa State Patrol says a transit bus, driven by 79-year-old Ralph Madison of Mason City, was facing westbound at 3rd Street and North Washington Avenue and turned southbound. The bus driver failed to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk on the south side of the intersection. The pedestrian, 68-year-old Francis James Hanig of Rockwell, was struck by the bus. Hanig was transported by Mason City Ambulance to MercyOne North Iowa.
The accident remains under investigation.
