Sioux Center, Iowa — A Hull woman was taken to the hospital after an accident in Sioux Center on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
The Sioux Center Police Department reports that about 5:15 p.m., 25-year-old Porter Ross of Sioux Center was driving a 2005 Honda northbound on Highway 75. Sixty-Seven-year-old Douglas Baade of Rock Rapids was also northbound on 75 in a 2005 Chevy SUV. And they tell us 74-year-old George Heynen of Hull was also northbound on 75 in a 2016 GMC SUV.
The report says that Ross was following Baade, Baade was following Heynen. They tell us Ross advised he was looking at a group of people off the left of his vehicle standing along Highway 75. Ross told officers he saw the brake lights of the Baade SUV shut off and did not realize Baade had again stepped on his brakes. They tell us that Ross hit the rear of the Baade SUV, which caused Baade to hit the Heynen SUV.
The Sioux Center Ambulance took a passenger in the Heynen vehicle, 69-year-old Nancy Heynen of Hull to Sioux Center Health Hospital. Ross was checked out by EMS, was released, and was not transported. All three vehicles were driven away.
The three vehicles sustained about $1000 in damages, each, according to the report.
Ross was charged with failure to stop in assured clear distance, according to the officer.
