Sioux Center, Iowa — Two boys were taken to a hospital after an accident in Sioux Center on Friday, July 1, 2022.
The Sioux Center Police Department reports that at about 10:45 a.m., 47-year-old Gina Arrenondo of Sheldon was driving a 2010 Ford Edge northbound on Highway 75 in Sioux Center. They tell us that 25-year-old Fabian Chilel Velasquez of Sioux Center was also northbound on 75 in a 2010 Kia Sedona, behind Arrenondo. They say that 22-year-old Reynaldo Chilel Chilel of Sioux Center was also northbound on 75 behind Chilel Velasquez in a 2005 Ford Explorer.
The report says that the Arrenondo and Velasquez vehicles were stopped in traffic at the stoplight on Highway 75 at Third Street North (that’s the downtown Sioux Center stoplight), facing northbound. Chilel Chilel was northbound, behind the Velasquez vehicle. He stated that he did not see the stopped traffic, and rear-ended Velasquez, which then was pushed into the Arrenondo vehicle.
The report says that two boys in the Arrenondo vehicle complained of minor head/neck pain. An ambulance was requested, and both passengers were transported to the Sioux Center Health Hospital by the Sioux Center Ambulance. Arrenondo also complained of possible head/neck pain, and transported herself to the hospital. No other injuries were reported.
Chilel Velasquez was charged with failure to have a valid driver’s license. Chilel Chilel was cited on charges of following too closely and failure to have a valid driver’s license.
Police report that all three vehicles were driven away from the scene.
