TWO TRUCK DRIVERS WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR VEHICLES COLLIDED AT A RURAL INTERSECTION IN CHEROKEE COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS A SEMI DRIVEN BY 73-YEAR-OLD BRUCE LUNDT OF CORRECTIONVILLE WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD L-51 AND C-66 AND WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING TANKER TRUCK DRIVEN BY 62-YEAR-OLD DALE WILSON, ALSO OF CORRECTIONVILLE.
THE COLLISION CAUSED LUNDT,S VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY AND COME TO REST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF C-66, EAST OF THE INTERSECTION,
WILSON’S TANKER ENDED UP IN THE SOUTH DITCH OF C-66.
LUNDT WAS AIRLIFTED WITH INJURIES TO MERCYONE IN SIOUX CITY.
WILSON WAS TAKEN TO THE CHEROKEE HOSPITAL BY WASHTA AMBULANCE.
