UPDATE: George, Iowa– A Melvin man and a Hull woman were taken to hospitals and the DNR is cleaning up a diesel fuel spill after an accident near George on Monday, June 18th.
The Iowa State Patrol reports that about 8:15 a.m., 19-year-old Jacob Schultz of Melvin was driving a 2000 Chevy pickup northbound on L26, six miles east of George or six miles south of Little Rock. They say 53-year-old Rhonda VanDerZwaag of Hull was eastbound on A34 in a 1986 Peterbilt pulling a hopper trailer. A third vehicle, a 2015 Ford pickup, driven by Douglas Heibult of Sheldon was westbound on A34.
The report doesn’t list any details about the circumstances of the crash.
The George Emergency Medical Service took Schultz to the Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley. The Lyon County Ambulance took VanDerZwaag to Sanford Rock Rapids Hospital. Heibult refused medical treatment.
Schultz ‘s Chevy pickup sustained about $8500 in damages, and VanDerZwaag ‘s Peterbilt sustained about $50,000 in damages. Heibult’s pickup received $10,000 in damage.
No charges have been filed.
Original story — Posted 3:51 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2018
Lyon County, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is responding to a crash and diesel fuel spill near Marsh Avenue and A-34, about 6 miles south of Little Rock Monday morning.
No details have been released as yet on the crash itself, but the DNR says a semi’s fuel tank was punctured in the crash, and they estimate that fewer than 100 gallons of fuel leaked from the tank.
With the overnight heavy rains in the area, the DNR says the fuel was carried into Whitney Creek, a tributary of the Little Rock River, and Rock River.
A DNR spokesman says boom and pads have been deployed, but the heavily flowing water is making it difficult to keep the fuel conpletely contained.
The Iowa DNR says they will continue to monitor the situation.
KIWA will bring you more details of the crash when it becomes available.
