Crash west of Hull leaves a 17-year-old dead & another injured

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September 10th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Sioux County, Iowa) – A collision between a semi and an SUV Tuesday afternoon in northwest Iowa, resulted in the death of  one teen and another injured. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2007 Cadillac Escalade driven by a 17-year-old, stopped on Highway 18 west of Hull, but then pulled-out from the stop sign, and into the path of a semi that was traveling north on Highway 75. The crash happened at around 2:35-p.m.

After the semi struck the SUV, the Cadillac came to rest in the east ditch. The semi stopped in the middle of the intersection. A 17-year-in the SUV was transported to the Sioux Center Hospital and pronounced deceased. A second 17-year-old in the vehicle was transported to Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley, before being flown to Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls. The names of the teens were not immediately released. Both were from Rock Valley.

The driver of the semi, 53-year-old Michael Bembenek, of Rosholt, WI, was not injured.