(Red Oak, Iowa) – One person was treated by medics following a collision Monday morning, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, the accident happened at around 8-a.m. at the intersection of Highway 34 and N. 4th Street. Authorities said they were told by the driver of a 2016 Peterbilt semi tractor-trailer – 45-year-old Tyson Means, of Villisca – that he was eastbound on Highway 34, and as he approached the intersection with N. 4th Street, a 2017 Buick Enclave pulled away from the intersection and struck the rear drive dual wheels of the semi’s tractor, before the van went down the side of the trailer and was struck by the rear dual wheels of the trailer.

The driver of the van – 89-year-old James Black, of Red Oak – told police he looked, but did not see the tractor-trailer before he pulled away from the stop sign. Black suffered suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries, and was treated at the scene by Red Oak Rescue. His van was totaled in the collision, with the damage estimated at $20,000. The semi sustained a police-estimated $10,000 damage. James Black was cited by Red Oak Police for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign, and Yield the Right-Of-Way.