Hawarden, Iowa — An Ireton woman was taken to a hospital after an accident near Hawarden on Tuesday, June 28.
According to the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, a few minutes before 5:00 p.m., 20-year-old Yazmin Topete of Ireton was driving a 2004 Jeep Liberty westbound on Highway 10 four miles east of Hawarden. They tell us that 29-year-old Brandon Dekkers of Ireton was driving a 2014 Mack 600 semi-truck pulling a feed trailer northbound on Coolidge Avenue.
The report says Dekkers stopped at the stop sign for Highway 10, but then drove into the intersection and the two vehicles collided.
The Hawarden Ambulance took Topete to Hawarden Regional Health.
Damage to the Jeep was estimated at $6,000. The semi sustained about $8,000 in damage.
Topete was cited on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license. Dekkers was cited for failure to yield the right of way from a stop sign.
The sheriff’s office reports that the Hawarden Fire Department and Hawarden Ambulance Squad assisted them with the response to the accident.
