An Iowa family popular for selling sweet corn is dealing with a tragedy
The sweet corn stand on 13th and Grand in Ames has been in the DesPlanques family for decades.
Friday morning, it was a welcome distraction for Kevin DesPlanques.
It is the first time he has been not been beside his daughter Sierra's hospital bed in the critical care unit at Iowa Methodist Medical Center.
Monday morning, his 22-year-old daughter Sierra was involved in a single-vehicle crash.
"All we can do is pray for her," Kevin DesPlanques said.
Sierra has worked in the family sweet corn business since she was 14.
She was delivering a truckload of corn to Fort Dodge when she crashed on Highway 141 near Woodward.
"There is a big turn there. She dropped a wheel into the gravel. Lost control. Went into the median and flipped her truck," Kevin DesPlanques said.
Sierra is in a medically induced coma with three skull fractures, a broken jaw and numerous lacerations.
"It's going to be a very long healing process," Kevin DesPlanques said.
There is a GoFundMe set up in Sierra DesPlanques' name to help with medical expenses.
All the money raised from the Ames sweet corn stand this weekend will also go toward Sierra's medical expenses.
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