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Search warrants reveal new details in hay rack ride crash in Keokuk County

Search warrants reveal new details in hay rack ride crash in Keokuk County
IN OTTUMWA, THE DRIVER IN A KEOKUK COUNTY, HAYRACK RIDE THAT CRASHED WITH 29 KIDS ON IT LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED. THAT’S ACCORDING TO NEW SEARCH WARRANTS UNCOVERED BY vlog. vlog IS LAUA TERRELL LEARNED AUTHORITIES SEIZED THE CELL PHONES OF THE TWO ADULTS INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH. INVESTIGATE WROTE IN THE SEARCH WARRANT THAT THEY BELIEVE THE CELL PHONES OF DANIEL BREWBAKER AND DAVID HEADY JR WILL REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND THE CONSPIRACY TO MISLEAD INVESTIGATORS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE CRASH. vlog WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT ON THE HAYRACK RIDE CRASH THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 14TH IN RURAL KEOKUK COUNTY. NEW SEARCH WARRANTS SAY DANIEL BREWBAKER JR WAS DRIVING THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS PULLING THE GOOSENECK TRAILER. 29 KIDS WERE RIDING IN THE TRAILER. THE COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE PICKUP LOST CONTROL AND ENTERED A DITCH. ALL THE KIDS ON THE GOOSENECK TRAILER WERE THROWN. NOW THREE WERE HURT AND TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE SEARCH WARRANT SAYS BREWBAKER LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH HIS WIFE AFTER THE CRASH AND AFTER HE LEFT THE SCENE. THE SEARCH WARRANT ALSO IDENTIFIES DAVID HARDY JR AS THE PASSENGER OF THE PICKUP AND SAYS HE WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED. HE WAS A KEOKUK COUNTY DEPUTY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, BUT HAS SINCE RESIGNED. AND RIGHT NOW BREWBAKER AND HAITI DO NOT FACE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS STORY AND HAVE
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Updated: 4:18 PM CST Nov 15, 2023
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Search warrants reveal new details in hay rack ride crash in Keokuk County
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Updated: 4:18 PM CST Nov 15, 2023
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Search warrants have revealed new details in a hay rack ride that crashed near What Cheer in October.Twenty-nine kids were on the ride, and the crash sent three students to the hospital.In a search warrant, investigators wrote they believed the cellphones of Daniel Brubaker and David Heady Jr. would reveal information about the consumption of alcohol and the conspiracy to mislead investigators about what happened leading up to the crash. Brubaker was driving the pickup truck that was pulling the gooseneck trailer. Court documents say the pickup lost control and entered a ditch. All the kids on the ride were thrown from the trailer.The search warrant says Brubaker left the scene before first responders arrived and was in contact with his wife after the crash and after he left the scene. The search warrant also identifies Heady as the passenger in the pickup and says he was "highly intoxicated when law enforcement arrived." Heady was a Keokuk County deputy at the time of the crash, but has since resigned.Right now, Brubaker and Heady do not face any criminal charges. Investigators said they are pulling data from their phones that night.More coverage:

Search warrants have revealed new details in a hay rack ride that crashed near What Cheer in October.

Twenty-nine kids were on the ride, and the crash sent three students to the hospital.

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In a search warrant, investigators wrote they believed the cellphones of Daniel Brubaker and David Heady Jr. would reveal information about the consumption of alcohol and the conspiracy to mislead investigators about what happened leading up to the crash. Brubaker was driving the pickup truck that was pulling the gooseneck trailer.

Court documents say the pickup lost control and entered a ditch. All the kids on the ride were thrown from the trailer.

The search warrant says Brubaker left the scene before first responders arrived and was in contact with his wife after the crash and after he left the scene.

The search warrant also identifies Heady as the passenger in the pickup and says he was "highly intoxicated when law enforcement arrived." Heady was a Keokuk County deputy at the time of the crash, but has since resigned.

Right now, Brubaker and Heady do not face any criminal charges.

Investigators said they are pulling data from their phones that night.

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