FATAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY CRASH
Two people, including a Le Mars resident, were killed in a two-vehicle crash late Saturday at the intersection of two Plymouth County roads.
The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup driven by 43 year old Julio Cesar Pena of Le Mars, was eastbound on C12, when it failed to stop at the intersection of K22, and was struck by a southbound ambulance. The ambulance making a non-emergency transfer. Killed in the crash was Pena, and the patient in the ambulance, 94 year old Ernest John Petty of Elk Point, South Dakota. The driver of the ambulance, 21 year old Courtney Nicole Johnson of Sioux City, and a passenger, 54 year old Lisa Marie Wise of Sioux City, were injured, and transported to the Hawarden Hospital. Both were wearing seat belts. The accident occurred around 10-30 pm.
