Mayor Of Fairbank Killed In NE Iowa Crash With Student-Driver At Wheel

(Janesville, IA) — A northeast Iowa mayor was killed, and three other people were hurt, in a two-vehicle accident near Janesville. Seventy-one-year-old Gregory “Mike” Harter had served as mayor of the Bremer County town of Fairbank since January of 2018 and was also working as a driver education teacher. Authorities say Harter died Monday morning when the southbound Street Smarts Driver’s Ed car he was riding in dropped onto the shoulder of U-S Highway 218 and crossed the median after the 14-year-old driver overcorrected. The car collided with a northbound sport utility vehicle driven by a Waterloo woman. Both drivers and another 14-year-old passenger in the driver education car were all taken to the hospital.