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1 dead in NW Iowa crash, Saturday, 1 injured

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August 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Primghar, Iowa) – One person died and another was injured Saturday afternoon, during a collision between a full-size pickup truck and an SUV. The crash happened east of Primghar, in O’Brien County, at around 2-p.m.  The Iowa State Patrol reports 66-year-old Mark Stanley Kirkholm, of Storm Lake, died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of County Roads L-54 and B-40.

Authorities say a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by 56-year-old Laurie Ann Banks, of Sutherland, was traveling north on L-54 (Taft Avenue), and failed to stop at the stop sign with 390th Street (B40). Her pickup traveled into the west/eastbound traffic on 390th and struck a westbound 2020 Ford Escape driven by Mark Kirkholm. The SUV was hit on the driver’s side. Following the impact, the SUV entered the ditch and rolled at least once, partially ejecting Kirkholm. He was deceased at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

Banks -who wore a seat belt – was transported by Primghar EMS to MercyOne Primghar.