A one-car crash over the weekend claimed the life of a young man from eastern Iowa. Davenport police say the victim is 19-year-old Nicholas Ryan Germain of Davenport. He was a passenger in a car found upside down in a deep ravine at 7:30 Saturday morning in west Davenport.
Davenport Police Captain David Struckman says Germain was pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters extricated the driver, 19-year-old Shawn William Spencer of Davenport. He was treated for minor injuries at a hospital. Struckman says the actual time of the crash is unknown at this point.
By Phil Roberts, Davenport