A Shelby County man died in a crash Tuesday afternoon, east of Harlan. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports 71-year old Dale Hemminger, of Harlan, died, after the 1994 International semi he was driving, left the road for reasons unknown and rolled into the south ditch, leaving him trapped in the vehicle. The accident happened on Nishna Avenue, at around 4-p.m.

Hemminger was extricated from the vehicle by mechanical means. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by the Harlan Police Department, Harlan Fire Department, Medivac Ambulance, Kirkman Fire Department, Westphalia Fire Department, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Motor Vehicle Enforcement, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, who responded to a possible agricultural-related chemical spill from the truck.