(Cherokee)– A three-vehicle accident calimed four lives Thursday afternoon in Cherokee county.
The Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred on Highway 59 near Pilot Rock Road, two miles south of Cherokee, about 12:45 p.m.
A pickup driven by 59-year-old Ronald Brown of Cherokee was southbound and attempted to make a right turn into a business. A pickup driven by 83-year-old William Eubank of Quimby was also southbound and rear-ended Brown’s vehicle. The Eubank pickup then crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a northbound truck driven by 50-year-old Daniel Maloy of Alta.
Eubank was killed in the crash along with three others in his vehicle: 83-year-old Phyllis Eubank of Quimby and 84-year-old Kenneth Slentz and 83-year-old Dorothy Slentz, both of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Maloy was injured and taken by ambulance to the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Brown was uninjured.
The accident remains under investigation.
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on the scene by the State Patrol, the Iowa Department of Transportation, Cherokee Fire Department, and the Cherokee Regional Medical Center ambulance.
In addition, the Sheriff’s Office says numerous employees of the nearby R-J Thomas Manufacturing rushed to the scene immediately after the crash and used several fire extinguishers to put out two fires in and around the vehicles.
(From Joel Herman of sister station KAYL in Storm Lake.).
