Boyden, Iowa — An Orange City man was injured in a two-vehicle crash southeast of Boyden on Friday afternoon, October 9, 2026.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office reports that at about 4:25 p.m., 36-year-old Nicholas Wielenga of Orange City was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Jay Avenue, four miles southeast of Boyden. At the same time, 65-year-old Richard Dean Kooiker, also of Orange City, was driving a 1978 Mack Truck pulling a 2020 Meyer trailer loaded with silage, eastbound on 360th Street.
The report says that Wielenga failed to yield at the intersection, causing the two vehicles to collide.
The Hull Ambulance took Wielenga to Sioux Center Health for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Kooiker was transported by private vehicle to Sioux Center Health, also for non-life-threatening injuries.
Wielenga’s Chevrolet sustained approximately $15,000 in damage, while Kooiker’s Mack Truck sustained an estimated $25,000 in damage.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office reports that the Boyden Fire Department; ambulance squads from Boyden, Hull, and Orange City; and the Iowa State Patrol assisted with the response to the crash.
