ISP releases info. on a crash Tuesday afternoon south of Elk Horn (IA)
July 17th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Shelby County, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol has released more information about a collision that took place Tuesday afternoon, south of Elk Horn. In their report, the Patrol says a 2000 Peterbilt semi driven by 64-year-old Robert Mark Rauterkus, of Manilla, was traveling north on Highway 173 near the intersection with 400th Street, when 22-year-old Ariea Lyn Soll, of Bondurant, failed to yield as she was driving a 2015 Chrysler sedan eastbound on 400th Street. Her car struck the trailer of the semi, causing the semi to roll-over and come to rest on its passenger side just north of the intersection. The car came to rest in the intersection.

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Soll suffered suspected minor, non-incapacitating injuries and was transported by Elk Horn Rescue to Cass Health, in Atlantic. She was cited for Failure to Obey a stop sign, and yield the right-of-way. Her car sustained $15,000 damage and was declared a total loss. The semi sustained $75,000 damage, and was also totaled in the crash.