(Le Mars) — The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at about 3:08 this Monday morning (June 14th) from a motorist that was traveling on Highway 75 advising that they had hit something in the roadway. The location was approximately at the 29000 block of Highway 75, or between Hinton and Merrill. A short time later, a second 9-1-1 call was received at the County Communications Center indicating a person was laying in the roadway and had been struck at that approximate location. Plymouth County Sheriff’s deputies, and the Hinton Fire and Ambulance responded to the scene and located a deceased male. The victim was transported to Floyd Valley Healthcare.
Names are not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.
The accident is still under investigation by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office. Assisting at the scene was the Hinton Fire and Ambulance, Le Mars Police Department, and the Iowa Department of Transportation.
