Vehicle Drives Onto Playground After Medical Emergency

Dubuque Police say a vehicle drove onto an elementary school playground after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday morning in Dubuque. 41 year old Larry Maples of Dubuque was taken to MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center for treatment.  Police said Maples was driving on Lemon Street ajust after 6am Wednesday when a medical emergency caused him to lose control of his vehicle. The vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic in the 3000 block of Lemon Street and then side-swiped a parked car before it crossed 30th Street, traveled over a curb and entered the Holy Ghost Elementary School playground and struck a fence. Maples was cited with operating without insurance.