Rock Falls man dies in two-vehicle accident STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley 800-798-4085, ext. 5535 TAMPICO – An 85-year-old Rock Falls man was killed and his passenger seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday morning at Luther and Fargo roads north of Tampico. Robert L. Unterzuber was eastbound around 10:30 a.m. when he failed to stop at the stop sign on Fargo, and was struck by a southbound delivery truck driven by Charlie C. Vasquez, 56, also of Rock Falls, the Whiteside County Sheriffs Department said in a news release. Unterzuber was pronounced dead at the scene; Marilyn K. Unterzuber, 84, was taken to CGH Medical Center in Sterling, then transferred to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, where she was listed in serious condition this afternoon, a spokeswoman there said. McDonald Funeral Homes is handling arrangements.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 20:29:43 +0000