Orange City, Iowa — A Remsen man’s vehicle was damaged after he went into the ditch to avoid another vehicle near Orange City on Monday, October 23rd.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office reports that just after 8 am on Monday, 47-year-old Jared Farmer of LeMars was driving a 2013 Bell 6 x 6 dump truck northbound on Jackson Avenue, three miles south of Orange City. Sixty-year-old Daniel Gengler of Remsen was driving a 2011 Kia Optima northbound on Jackson Avenue behind Farmer. According to the report, Gengler attempted to pass Farmer as Farmer began turning left onto 490th Street. Gengler then attempted to avoid striking Farmer and entered the west ditch.
The Kia received $3,500 damage.
No injuries were reported.
