Around Metro: Nebraska man killed in head-on collision
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Nebraska man killed in head-on collision
A Bellevue, Neb., man was killed on Iowa Highway 92 in Warren County on Thursday morning after a pickup truck driven by an Indianola man crossed the center line, according to a report from the Iowa State Patrol.
Anthony Martinez, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene of the head-on crash near 70th Avenue west of Indianola.
The report said a pickup truck driven by Frank Manders, 25, of Indianola was eastbound when it crossed the center line before crashing into the westbound straight truck. Manders was transported to Mercy Medical Center, according to the report.
Suspect sought in child's sexual assault
Des Moines police are asking parents to be on the lookout after a child was reportedly sexually assaulted outside her apartment building on Wednesday.
The incident happened at an apartment complex in the 5400 block of Aurora Avenue and was reported around noon Wednesday.
The 4-year-old victim was outside her apartment building playing when a man she didn't recognize led her away to a tree line behind some garages and assaulted her, police said.
The girl was not physically harmed, according to a police news release. The case remains under investigation.