(Rural Carroll County, Iowa) – A collision Monday night southwest of Carroll resulted in two deaths and one person injured. The Iowa State Patrol says a John Deere tractor driven by 51-year-old Troy Bluml, of Carroll, was traveling east on 220th Street near Hawthorne Avenue at around 10:30-p.m., when Bluml failed to stop at the intersection.

A 2007 Hyundai Sante Fe (SUV) driven by 17-year-old Elvin Ariel Murilla Castro, of Carroll, was traveling northbound on Hawthorne Avenue when the vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by the tractor. Following the impact, the  tractor left the scene. Castro and a rear seat passenger in his SUV –  56-year-old Pedro Castro, of Carroll – died at the scene. A front seat passenger in the vehicle, 24-year-old Carlos Castro, also of Carroll, was critically injured and flown by Life Flight helicopter to Unity Point Hospital in Des Moines.

Bluml and his tractor were found at his residence. Bluml was arrested and charged with knowingly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, which is a Class C felony.

Troy Bluml