Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang of Ankeny dies in fatal Polk County car crash.
Fatal Polk County car crash death of Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang of Ankeny – Obituary
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman killed in a single-car accident on Wednesday morning as 37-year-old Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang.
Deputies responded to a report of a person hit by a vehicle at around 5:30 a.m. in the 4300 block of Northwest Second Street, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Magang, an Ankeny resident, was struck and killed by a car while walking along Northwest Second Street, just north of Des Moines, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eyewitness accounts and evidence collected at the site suggest Magang was walking on the center line of the road when she moved into the travel lane and was hit. The roadway, which is just outside Des Moines’ city limits, lacks sidewalks.
Conditions were poor at the time of the incident, with rain and inadequate lighting, when a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado struck Magang, the news release stated.
This incident marks the second pedestrian fatality on the 4300 block of Northwest Second Street this year. Previously, on January 29, a 41-year-old man named Joshua Scott Laird was fatally struck while walking in the southbound lanes of the same street.
Fatal Polk County car crash death of Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang of Ankeny – Obituary The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman killed in a single-car accident on Wednesday morning as 37-year-old Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang. Deputies responded to a report of a person hit by a vehicle at around 5:30 a.m. in the 4300…
Fatal Polk County car crash death of Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang of Ankeny – Obituary The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman killed in a single-car accident on Wednesday morning as 37-year-old Nyandiet Nathaniel Magang. Deputies responded to a report of a person hit by a vehicle at around 5:30 a.m. in the 4300…