Sioux Center, Iowa– A Rock Valley man has died as the result of an accident near Sioux Center early on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about 6:20 a.m., 25-year-old Reyes Lopez-Lopez of Rock Valley was driving a 2009 Mercury Mariner westbound on B40, three miles west of the Hardee’s corner in Sioux Center.
The report says that the vehicle left the roadway for an unknown reason, entered the north ditch, vaulted a culvert, and struck an embankment.
Lopez-Lopez was pronounced dead on the scene of the accident.
The Sioux Center Ambulance took two passengers, 32-year-old Marco Lopez-Lopez and a 3-year-old girl, both of Rock Valley, to Sioux Center Health. They were both later flown to a Sioux Falls hospital.
The trooper’s report says alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor in the accident.
They tell us that the Sioux Center Police Department and Sioux County Sheriff’s Office also assisted at the scene.
