Remsen, Iowa — A Granville woman and a passenger in her vehicle were taken to a hospital after an accident near Remsen.
The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office reports that about 3:00 PM on Saturday, October 21, 2017, 48-year-old Paula Steffes of Granville was driving a 2017 Chevy northbound on L14, six miles north of Remsen. Twenty-one-year-old Colton Elter of Cokato, MN was southbound on L14 in a 2007 Ford pickup.
The report says that the Elter pickup crossed the center line and collided with the Steffes car head-on. The deputy who covered the accident says that it is believed that Elter fell asleep, which caused him to cross into the path of the oncoming vehicle. He says there was no sign of impairment to either driver.
The Remsen Ambulance took Steffes to Orange City Health System Hospital, while the Alton Ambulance took a passenger in her vehicle, 13-year-old Emily Steffes to that hospital. A family member in a private vehicle took Elter to Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Steffes’s Chevy sustained $20,000 in damages, and Elter’s Ford pickup sustained $22,000 in damages. Both vehicles were considered totaled. A cornfield also sustained about $100 in damages.
Elter was charged with driving on the wrong side of the highway.
