Sioux Center, IA — One person was taken to the hospital after an accident on Monday, May 19th.
The Sioux Center Police Department reports that at about 4:32 pm, 23-year-old Walter Martinez Lopez of Sioux Center was driving a 2003 Hyundai Elantra northbound on 1st Avenue Northeast. Fifteen-year-old Zoe Hoekstra of Sioux Center was driving eastbound on 4th Street NE in a 2005 Honda Accord. According to the report, Martinez Lopez was ran the stop sign at the intersection of 1st Avenue and 4th Street. Hoekstra looked down at her phone due to a phone call, ignored the call, but struck the Hyundai.
Modesta Martin Chilel, a passenger with Martinez Lopez, was transported by Sioux Center Ambulance to the Sioux Center Ambulance.
The Hyundai received $4000 damage. The Honda received $5000 damage.
