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1 person died, 2 others were injured in a Dallas County crash, Monday

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October 11th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Granger, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that happened on Monday morning in Granger. The Patrol reports a 2010 International semi tractor-trailer and a 1991 Oldsmobile car collided at around 9:10 a.m. on Highway 17 at the intersection with Broadway Street.

The accident happened as the northbound semi was turning west onto Broadway street and failed to yield to the car, which was traveling south on Highway 17. The car crashed into the right side of the semi. Authorities say a passenger in the car, 75-year-old Larry Don Adams, of Boone, Iowa, died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The driver of the car, 43-year-old Adam William Choruzek, and another passenger, 48-year-old Kathy Lynn O’Brien, both of Grand Junction, were injured and flown to hospitals in Des Moines. Only the driver was wearing a seat belt. The driver of the semi, 40-year-old Matthew Edward Olszewski, of Cookeville, TN, was not hurt.