Report says 3 died of blunt pressure accidents, asphyxiation in Iowa constructing collapse

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Three males killed in a downtown Davenport condo constructing collapse greater than two months in the past died of blunt-force accidents and asphyxiation, Iowa’s well being company stated.

The discovering launched Monday by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services declared the deaths of 42-year-old Branden Colvin Sr., 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien as unintentional. All had suffered a number of crush accidents and “mechanical asphyxiation,” a time period used to point that an object or physique place prevented an individual from respiration.

The partial collapse of the century-old, six-story brick constructing close to Davenport’s riverside additionally injured a number of folks and displaced dozens of individuals. An investigation is being performed to find out the reason for the lethal collapse.

Questions stay about why residents have been allowed to remain within the constructing, regardless of many warnings that the constructing was unstable. Those warnings have been issued by structural engineers, masons, metropolis inspectors and tenants over a number of months, in response to metropolis paperwork.

Several lawsuits have been filed accusing the town and constructing proprietor Andrew Wold, amongst others, of neglecting residents’ security.