(Lyon County, Iowa) – A collision between two SUV’s in northwest Iowa late Thursday morning, left an adult male dead, two other adults and two children, injured. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 90-year-old Stanley Kroese, of Sioux Center, died in the crash.

Kroese was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Blazer northbound on Iowa Highway 182 in Lyon County at around 10:35-a.m., when he slowed to turn into a driveway at 2244 Highway 182. A 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by 39-year-old Jennifer Simpson, of Rock Valley, was driving northbound on the highway behind Kroese. When Kroese slowed down to turn into the driveway, the Tahoe crashed into the rear of Kroese’s vehicle.

Kroese was killed in the crash. A passenger in his vehicle, 84-year-old Joan Kroese, also from Sioux Center, was injured, along with Jennifer Simpson, and two children in her vehicle, ages seven and nine, both from Rock Valley. The seven-year-old child was flown to Sanford Sioux Falls Hospital. Simpson and the other child were transported to the same hospital by ambulance. Joan Kroese was taken by ambulance to Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls.

The crash remains under investigation. According to the latest data from the Iowa Department of Transportation, 148 people have died so far this year on Iowa roads. That number is 20 fewer than at the same point in 2024. Over the last five years, an average of 353 people have been killed in statewide crashes annually.