Rock Valley, Iowa– A passenger in a Rock Valley man’s car was taken to the hospital after an accident in Rock Valley on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
The Rock Valley Police Department reports that at about 1:50 p.m., 35-year-old Jamie Betancourt Viyalo of Rock Valley was driving a 2002 Ford Escape southbound on 21st Avenue, in Rock Valley.
According to the officer’s report, Betancourt Viyalo didn’t stop for the stop sign at the intersection with Highway 18 and continued southwest through the intersection and onto Total Component Solutions’ (TCS) property. The passenger side hit a stabilizing arm of a digital sign parked on the north side of the building and then struck the building.
The officer says witnesses told him that Betancourt Viyalo was traveling at a high rate of speed and didn’t stop for the stop sign, which was verified by TCS’s video recording equipment.
The Rock Valley Ambulance took a passenger in Betancourt Viyalo’s car, 29-year-old Derwin Galeano-Olivas to Hegg Health Center Hospital.
Betancourt Viyalo’s Ford Escape sustained $5000 in damages. The sign, owned by DKOI Signs sustained $500 in damages, and the building owned by Total Componant Solutions sustained $10,000 in damages.
Betancourt Viyalo was charged with failure to maintain control and driving without a valid driver’s license.
