(Sanborn)– A Spencer woman was taken to the hospital after a crash near Sanborn last week.
The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Benjamin Van Kekerix of Sheldon was driving a 2009 Peterbilt semi eastbound on Highway 18, two miles west of Sanborn. 45-year-old Henry Nyorkor of Sioux Falls was also eastbound in a 2012 Freightliner straight truck owned by Lakes Logistics of Spirit Lake, and 40-year-old Michaela Simmons of Spencer was eastbound in a 2018 Volvo SUV. The report says that Van Kekerix was making a left turn and Simmons slowed to a stop behind it. Nyorkor ran into the back of Simmons’ Volvo and pushed it into the back of the Van Kekerix semi.
Simmons was taken by ambulance to Sanford Sheldon Hospital. The other drivers reported no injuries. All three vehicles were totaled.
Nyorkor was charged with failure to reduce speed to reasonable and proper.
Authorities say a second accident occurred at the same location a short time later Wednesday. No injuries were reported in that one.
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KIWA in Sheldon)
