Davenport, IA – According to the police report, his name is Francisco Javier Vera Vasquez and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the statement, Moline officers responded to a call around 6:15 a.m. Sunday for a single-vehicle crash at 75 23rd St. after a Lunda construction employee noticed tire tracks in the snow and saw barricades were missing along the parking lot next to the Mississippi River.
The employee reportedly saw a hole in the ice and heard someone yelling for help a few feet away.
When the police officers arrived at the scene, they found a 21-year-old Davenport man who was wet and lying in the snow. They also found a white Chrysler 300 car submerged in about eight feet of water on the Mississippi River’s edge.
The man suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital by MedForce. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in this incident.