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Driver identified in fatal crash between semi-truck, tractor in Poweshiek County

Driver identified in fatal crash between semi-truck, tractor in Poweshiek County
BULLET HOLES. THANK YOU, ANDREW. A GRINNELL MAN DIED WHEN HIS SEMI TRUCK REAR ENDED ATTRACT HER IN POWER SHEET COUNTY. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON COUNTY HIGHWAY V 18 LAST NIGHT AROUND SEVEN, ACCORDING TO THE IOWA STATE PATROL CRASH REPORT. BOTH VEHICLES WERE HEADED NORTHBOUND WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED. THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI, 68 YEAR OLD GARLAND ROSS, DIED WHEN HIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR WAS TAKEN TO A GRI
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Driver identified in fatal crash between semi-truck, tractor in Poweshiek County
CORRECTION: This story has been updated with corrected information regarding the fatality in the crash. The information KCCI originally received from Iowa State Patrol has since been corrected by troopers.The man who died in a crash involving a semi-truck and a tractor has been identified by the Iowa State Patrol.According to the Iowa State Patrol, 68-year-old Garland A. Roth, of Grinnell, was killed.The crash occurred Monday around 6 p.m. on V18 Road, south of Interstate 80 near Brooklyn.Troopers said the driver of the semi-truck rear-ended the tractor while heading north on V18. The tractor was hauling a grain trailer.Roth was driving the semi-truck. The tractor driver, 72-year-old Charles E. Griffith, of Brooklyn, suffered minor injures.

CORRECTION: This story has been updated with corrected information regarding the fatality in the crash. The information KCCI originally received from Iowa State Patrol has since been corrected by troopers.

The man who died in a crash involving a semi-truck and a tractor has been identified by the Iowa State Patrol.

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According to the Iowa State Patrol, 68-year-old Garland A. Roth, of Grinnell, was killed.

The crash occurred Monday around 6 p.m. on V18 Road, south of Interstate 80 near Brooklyn.

Troopers said the driver of the semi-truck rear-ended the tractor while heading north on V18. The tractor was hauling a grain trailer.

Roth was driving the semi-truck. The tractor driver, 72-year-old Charles E. Griffith, of Brooklyn, suffered minor injures.