(Carroll, Iowa – KTIV) – A western Iowa man who was driving a tractor involved in a fatal accident earlier this Spring near Carroll, is facing homicide charges. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 51-year-old Troy Bluml, of Carroll, is charged with two counts of homicide by motor vehicle and one count of serious injury by motor vehicle.

The charges stem from an April 14, 2025, crash between a tractor and an SUV, that resulted in the deaths of the SUV driver, 17-year-old Elvin Murillo Castro and his 55-year-old Pedro Murillo Castro. Another passenger, 24-year-old Carlos Murillo Castro, was seriously injured in the collision that occurred at around 10:40-p.m. April 14^th, southwest of Carroll.

According to court documents, a tractor, driven by Bluml, was traveling east on 220th Street when it didn’t stop at the intersection’s stop sign at Hawthorne Drive. The Hyundai Santa Fe SUV was heading north on Hawthorne Drive when it was hit on the driver’s side by the tractor. The State Patrol reported the tractor left the scene of the crash.

Authorities found Bluml at his home in Carroll the following day, and placed him under arrest for leaving the scene of a fatality accident. A continuing investigation resulted in Bluml being charged with homicide by motor vehicle.

Blum turned himself-in to the Carroll County Jail on Wednesday, June 11th, and was booked-in on the latest charge.