ONE PERSON IS DEAD FOLLOWING A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN O’BRIEN COUNTY.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2 P.M. AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAFT AVENUE AND 390TH STREET WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND STRUCK AN ONCOMING S-U-V ON THE DRIVER’S SIDE.
THE S-U-V ENTERED A DITCH AND ROLLED, WITH THE DRIVER PARTIALLY EJECTED.
THAT DRIVER, 66-YEAR-OLD MARK KIRKHOLM OF STORM LAKE, WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, 56-YEAR-OLD LAURIE ANN BANKS OF SUTHERLAND, WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO MERCYONE IN PRIMGHAR.
