COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man was killed and his passenger critically injured following a crash between a pickup truck and a John Deere tractor northeast of Council Bluffs.
The Iowa State Patrol says 42-year-old Kurt Sulzman, of Polk City, died in the collision Thursday.
24-year-old Caleb Deist, of Grimes, was taken to Audubon County Memorial Hospital and transferred to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. His condition hasn’t been released.
Troopers say the driver of the tractor, 45-year-old Cory Handlos, of Audubon, was taken to the Audubon hospital. The extent of his injuries wasn’t immediately available.
Authorities say Sulzman was northbound on U.S. Highway 71 when the collision occurred at an intersection. The pickup, tractor and seed planter it was pulling ended up in a ditch.