He had been waiting at a bus stop when two cars collided at an intersection. One spun out of control, hit and killed him.
Police say someone removed a stop sign that was supposed to control traffic at the intersection.
Unfortunately, these types of stories are becoming all too familiar. According to maintenance records, last year the Iowa Department of Transportation replaced over 500 vandalized state highway signs. Countless other signs were replaced by city street and county road departments. But as the recent incident in Texas suggests, a vandalized sign can cost more than taxpayer money, it can result in serious injury or death. The problem of sign vandalism has wide ranging safety and economic effects.