(Deloit, IA) – A collision between two pickup trucks in Crawford County, Saturday afternoon, claimed the life of a 73-year-old man from Vail. The Iowa State Patrol reports a pickup driven by a 15-year-old male from Schleswig, was traveling southbound on Boyer Boulevard, and a pickup driven by Richard Healy, of Vail, was traveling northbound on Boyer Blvd.

The first pickup was traveling behind a vehicle not involved in the crash, and because the teen driver had poor visibility from snow and gravel kicked-up by the non-accident vehicle, his pickup and the pickup driven by Richard Healy collided in an offset, driver’s side to driver’s side fashion. State Patrol’s report says evidence indicated that the teen’s pickup was left of center when the crash happened northeast of Deloit at around 1:15-p.m.

The pickup driven by the unidentified teen came to rest on the roadway. The second pickup driven by Richard Healy, came to rest in the east ditch. The man was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.