Pickup rolls atop man at drive-thru, killing him

[Newton Daily News]

MARION — Authorities say a man was fatally injured when his pickup truck rolled atop him at a restaurant drive-thru in a Cedar Rapids suburb.

The accident occurred just before noon Monday at a Dairy Queen in Marion. Police say the man’s pickup broke down while he was in line at the drive-thru. It rolled atop him after he got out to fix it. Police say he died at a hospital.

Police identified him as 74-year-old Curtis Schantz, who lived in Alburnett.




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