Dubuque Man Gets Probation For Crash Which Injured a Child

A Dubuque man has been sentenced to two years of probation for intoxicated driving in a crash in which a child was injured. 26 year old Michael Patterson received the sentence from Iowa District Associate Judge Mark T. Hostager after pleading guilty to operating while intoxicated. A crash report states that Patterson was traveling west on Lincoln Avenue in Dubuque around 9:30 p.m. August 22nd when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Windsor Avenue and struck a vehicle driven south on Windsor by 29 year old Shayniece Lanksto of Chicago. A 9 year old child was a passenger in Lankston’s vehicle and had minor injuries in the crash. Patterson then drove from the scene and was located later in the area of East 20th and Jackson streets. He admitted to authorities to having consumed alcohol earlier in the evening.