CARROLL, Iowa (KTIV) – A western Iowa man has entered a plea to charges filed in connection with a fatal crash last April between an SUV and a farm tractor. KTIV in Sioux City reports court documents show 51-year-old Troy Bluml, of Carroll, plead not guilty to two counts of homicide by motor vehicle – operating while under the influence. The charges stem from an April 14, 2025, crash that resulted the deaths of two people in the SUV: the driver, 17-year-old Elvin Murillo Castro and his passenger, 55-year-old Pedro Castro Murillo. Another passenger in the SUV was injured and treated for serious injuries at a hospital in Des Moines.

The Iowa State Patrol reported the crash occurred at around 10:20 p.m. April 14th, at the intersection of 220th Street and Hawthorne Avenue, which is in a rural area southwest of Carroll.

Troy Bluml

In court documents, authorities say Bluml was driving a John Deere tractor, towing a manure tank, and was going east on 220th Street when he didn’t stop at the intersection’s stop sign. At the same time, a Hyundai Santa Fe was going northbound on Hawthorne Drive. The tractor struck the driver’s side of the SUV and pushed it off the road.

Authorities stated in court documents “Bluml then reversed the tractor away from the SUV and drove a short distance to the east, where he stopped the tractor for approximately one minute. Bluml then drove away from the scene eastbound on 220th Street without rendering aid to any occupants of the SUV or reporting the collision.”

Following the crash, authorities claim Bluml drove the tractor through and around the towns of Carroll, Glidden and Lidderdale before returning home just after midnight on April 15th. Later that day, Bluml was found at his Carroll home and taken into custody, and at the time, he was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal collision.