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Fatal northern IA accident Sunday evening

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March 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Cresco, Iowa) – The driver of a pickup truck died Sunday evening in northern Iowa, when the vehicle struck a bridge guardrail before rolling over. The accident in Howard County happened at around 6-p.m., just north of Cresco. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 38-year-old Tyler Timothy Johnson, of Cresco, was traveling north on Valley Avenue and crossing the the Silver Creek Bridge near 90th Street, when the accident occurred.

Johnson died at the scene. The report did not say whether he was wearing a seat belt or not. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the crash site.