REAL DUBUQUE NEWS (RDN)
Man trapped for hours after rollover crash on Tollgate Road; taken to Iowa City with suspected brain bleed
LOCAL NEWS WIRE • November 05, 2026
Scott R. Streets, 51, of Maquoketa, spent several hours trapped in his vehicle after it rolled onto its roof near Holy Cross, and was taken to University of Iowa Health Care for a suspected brain bleed, according to a Dubuque County Sheriff's crash report.
KEY FACTS & RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
- Crash on Tollgate Road, just south of the Dubuque-Clayton county line (reported by the Dyersville Commercial, citing a Dubuque County Sheriff's Department crash report).
- Driver: Scott R. Streets, 51, of Maquoketa.
- Streets was driving north, failed to negotiate a curve, went off the roadway, struck the ditch and culvert, went airborne, rolled and landed on the vehicle's roof.
- The vehicle was "on its roof" with Streets trapped inside for several hours before a passerby noticed.
- Streets believes the crash happened at around 7 p.m. Oct. 28, 2026; first responders arrived at about 8:45 a.m. Oct. 29.
- Transported by the Holy Cross Fire Department to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center, then to University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City for a suspected brain bleed.
- Streets was cited with failure to maintain control and arrested on a charge of driving with a revoked license.
A Maquoketa man was seriously hurt in a rural Dubuque County crash and spent several hours trapped in his vehicle before a passerby noticed, the Dyersville Commercial reports, citing a Dubuque County Sheriff's Department crash report. Scott R. Streets, 51, of Maquoketa, was transported by the Holy Cross Fire Department to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center and later to University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City for a suspected brain bleed. The crash happened on Tollgate Road, just south of the Dubuque-Clayton county line. The report states Streets' vehicle was "on its roof" with Streets trapped inside for several hours before a passerby noticed; first responders arrived at about 8:45 a.m. Oct. 29. The investigation found Streets was driving north when he failed to negotiate a curve, causing the vehicle to go off the roadway, strike the ditch and culvert, go airborne, roll and land on its roof. Streets said he believes the crash happened at around 7 p.m. Oct. 28. Streets was cited with failure to maintain control and was arrested on a charge of driving with a revoked license.
Official Attribution: Official Public Record