Rock Valley, Iowa– A Clark, South Dakota man was taken to the hospital after an accident near Rock Valley on Monday, December 12, 2022.
The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about 6:50 a.m., 36-year-old Nigus Tadese of Adrian, Minnesota was driving a 2005 Kenworth semi with a dump trailer eastbound on 300th Street, about six miles west of Rock Valley or two and three-quarter miles east of Fairview. They tell us that 61-year-old Clifford Boettcher of Clark, South Dakota was southbound on Highway 18 or Chestnut Avenue in a 2010 International semi with a flatbed trailer.
The report says that Tadese lost traction and failed to yield from a stop sign, and Boettcher jackknifed his truck. It says conditions were icy and there was fog in the area.
The Rock Valley Ambulance took Boettcher to Hegg Health Center Avera Hospital.
Tadese’s 2005 Kenworth semi sustained $10,000 in damages, and Boettcher’s International semi sustained $70,000 in damages, which totaled the truck.
