(Le Mars) — New information is available regarding the semi truck and pick up
truck collision that happened Friday morning. The accident was reported at about
9:35 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 3 and County road K-22. According to the
traffic report, the pick-up truck was heading northbound on K-22 and failed to see
or stop for a stop sign with Highway 3 and K-22. The semi truck and dump trailer
was heading southbound on Highway 3 preparing to make a left hand turn, and head
east on to Highway 3. The driver of the pick-up truck, Gary Johnson of Sioux
City, tried to take evasive action but contact was made by the semi truck into the
left front wheel area of the pick-up truck. Johnson was pinned in the vehicle and
had to be removed by mechanical means by the Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department.
Johnson’s pick-up truck is listed as totaled, and Johnson was taken to Unity
Point-St. Lukes in Sioux City with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. In
an earlier report, KLEM news had reported the victim was transported to Mercy
Medical Center. We apologize for the error. The semi truck was a Peterbilt
tractor pulling a bottom dump trailer owned by Henningsen Construction from
Atlantic, Iowa. The driver of the semi-truck was John Davis of Elliot, Iowa.
Davis had a complaint of pain, but was not transported from the scene. The semi
truck has functional damage of approximately $5,000. The Plymouth County
Sheriff’s office was assisted by the Iowa Department of Transportation, Le Mars
Fire and Rescue and Le Mars Ambulance. Charges are pending at this time for
failure to obey a stop sign.
