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Hawkeye Football Player Hospitalized After Moped Accident


The Gazette is reporting that a University of Iowa football player is in stable condition after getting into a moped accident on Thursday.

Iowa Football Player in Stable Condition Following After Moped Accident

According to a release from the University of Iowa, Dalton Shaull, a walk-on linebacker from Oskaloosa, Iowa, was involved on an accident on Thursday afternoon in the Iowa City area. The release said he is being treated at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Iowa City Police Sgt. Brian Krei said the accident occurred around 4:46 p.m. Thursday when a moped, driven by Shaull, rear-ended a car in the right lane along Highway 1 in Iowa City, east of Mormon Trek Boulevard. Krei said the accident involved personal injury, though it is unclear whether Shaull was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Krei said no citation was issued.

University of Iowa football players and other students and student athletes commonly use moped for their campus transportation needs, and this has led to them being in the news in the past as well. Hawkeye player Josh Koeppel made national news after he survived being plowed into by a truck while driving his moped. This was followed by a moped safety program instituted by the University of Iowa.

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