Caught on Video: Iowa Football Player Hit by Truck

University of Iowa football player Josh Koeppel walked away with only a few bumps and bruises after a pickup truck hit his motorcycle, tossing him into the street. The accident was captured by a police dashboard camera.

September 3, 2010 at 2:28 pm - AP
Dateline: Iowa
tftx22   September 3rd, 2010 - 2:35 pm

Even though he was on a scooter, a truck can't stop a TRAIN!

gwar5   September 3rd, 2010 - 2:51 pm

Is the truck OK?

dgleon   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:05 pm

Lucky guy! I'm glad he's ok.

mustafamonde   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:22 pm

Lucky is the word.

standard952   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:27 pm

Why would a football player drive a faggy ass scooter?

SpoonyNickerson   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Lucky sumbitch.

ocjohn   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Diver had the sun in his/her eyes, maybe.

ocjohn   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Driver, I mean.

styrgwillidar   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:31 pm

Couldn't tell if he was wearing a beanie helmet or no helmet at all. It looks like he may have had a beanie helmet which was knocked off on impact and was laying in the foreground at the end. I'm not pretty but I always wear a full face helmet, riding pants and jacket with armor in the shoulders and elbows. This guy is especially lucky considering what he was wearing.

jimfact   September 3rd, 2010 - 3:32 pm

Damn, so many times when I ride my street bike I worry so much about just this thing happening. Somebody in a car with no care in the world just turning in my lane and hitting me. People need to pay attention what is going on around them. Often it is the uncoordinated slow drivers with what I guess is no peripheral vision that are at fault in these accidents. Who knows, maybe the guy was on the phone or just incapable of driving safely but man, he just turns left right in front of that bike… he is lucky he didn't kill somebody. Driving with my mom as she slows to a stop in an effort to merge with highway traffic I try to tell her she must hit he gas and merge but she shakes, swears, and eventually freezes as she is incapable of doing this simple task. I don't know how many accidents she has created in this way but I do know she has a perfect driving record and I wonder how some can be so incapable of the simple task of driving. Meanwhile she blames all the other drivers on the road???

JtheM   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:01 pm

To bad it wasn't Glenn Beck. Then again if it was we would have a new chalk board rant connecting Lenin to the guy driving the truck. Hell, was that guy even born here? We all know as soon as you say football, they are "all American". I mean one commenter says the Sun was in the drivers eyes, the Sun rises in the east and must therefore be anti-western and a terrorist. So this driver who is definitley related to Lenin cause he's not a football player was staring at his terrorist star, the Sun, and ran over an innocent motorcyclist. You see this is what happens when people led by the eastern communists in the WH get to drive around when their socialist nazi orb, known as the Sun, is out. What has happened to the America we all love where that crazy eastern Sun wouldn't be allowed to distract everyone. I….I can't fathom what is going to be next and I am afraid for all football players……sniff sniff.

JtheM   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:06 pm

The housing situation was well underway by your timeline so I guess you'll be working to unseat the Republicans from Congress……….nice. You keep spreading that disinformation though, maybe just check out the timelines work. Cause your timeline on the subprime doesn't and can't serve your motive. Maybe Google "The End of the Wall Street boom", a little education from the inside of the subprime fiasco. Then you will be mad at Congress, just not the one you are now.

nobama012   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:11 pm

He would definitely make a good Nose Guard!

Holdmynose   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:12 pm

Two words Mr Football player Ben Roethlisberger.

PeterFlannery   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:28 pm

Parking on campus.

Democrat_Decimation   September 3rd, 2010 - 4:48 pm

HAS to be a Democrat behind the wheel of the truck. They drive like sh!t, all the time.

wilmac   September 3rd, 2010 - 5:30 pm

The ole fool made a left turn right into him.,

IMCONSERVATIVE   September 3rd, 2010 - 5:46 pm

Everyone is in too much of a hurry nowadays and take unnecessary risks. It looks to me that the sun is in the pickup truck driver's eyes, so he probably could not even see the kid, but it also looked like he was trying to make that left hand turn before more oncoming traffic came through. If he had just slowed down a bit and made sure the way was clear, everyone would have been safely on their way.

cancan03   September 3rd, 2010 - 6:04 pm

http://www.fashionshoppong.us

JohNi1q   September 3rd, 2010 - 6:14 pm

It's ok that you are jealous of Glenn Beck…

Midnight Review   September 3rd, 2010 - 6:57 pm

I want that guy on my team!

childofcorn   September 3rd, 2010 - 9:21 pm

Go Hawkeyes!

SDSurfer   September 3rd, 2010 - 10:25 pm

Sometimes drivers make mistakes. It is dangerous to ride a motorcycle or scooter.

BADMUD   September 3rd, 2010 - 10:26 pm

He doesn't strike me as lucky like so many have said. The guy riding behind him was lucky – he didn't get hit. Tough is the word you're looking for.

SuperCat   September 3rd, 2010 - 10:45 pm

Luck with cap L, truck didnt see him I guess

RightUnite   September 4th, 2010 - 4:14 am

Awww poor little closet fag is green with envy huh??? Go back to your pee stained bed and your pillow biting….

Scott_AU   September 4th, 2010 - 5:40 am

Or his head up his but.

jesusknight72   September 4th, 2010 - 8:01 am

(tweet)
There are two fouls on the play…
Personal Foul
Unnecessary Roughness
Hitting A Defenseless Receiver
There's also an Unsportsmanlike Conduct on the receiver.
Removing his helmet.
Those penalties offset
Repeat first down

dswilli   September 4th, 2010 - 8:25 am

Never knew honoring the soldiers, championing hard work and honesty could gain you so many enemies. The fact that you oppose these things or better yet have no clue what was said at the Beck rally speaks volumes about you and your character. You're like the union goons rallying with your rent a mob. You oppose Glen Beck rally which opposed evil? So I take it those idiots as well as yourself are pro-evil?

cdu4   September 4th, 2010 - 9:55 am

Amazing and wonderful that nobody was hurt.

Common_Man   September 14th, 2010 - 12:01 pm

Go Hawks!!!

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