Sioux Center, Iowa — A Spirit Lake teen and her passenger were taken to a hospital after an accident on Friday afternoon, July 22nd, near Sioux Center.
According to the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, at about 4:10 p.m., 19-year-old Chloe Spooner of Spirit Lake was driving a 2019 Honda Accord northbound on Highway 75, near the intersection with 360th Street, two miles north of Sioux Center. They report that 23-year-old Kailee Jenness, also of Spirit Lake, was driving a 2007 Toyota Camry northbound on Highway 75 behind Spooner. The sheriff’s office says that as Spooner slowed for stopped vehicles ahead of her, Jenness struck the Honda.
The Sioux Center Ambulance took Spooner and a passenger in her vehicle to Sioux Center Health.
The Honda sustained approximately $1,000 in damage. The Toyota sustained an estimated $200 in damage.
Jenness was cited for following too closely.
The sheriff’s office reports that the Sioux Center Fire Department, Sioux Center Ambulance Squad and Sioux Center Police Department assisted with the response to the accident.
