(Creston, IA) – A crash in southeastern Union County Thursday afternoon resulted in the death of an adult male from Union County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2005 Ford Explorer SUV driven by 19-year-old Tanner Richardson, of Tingley, was traveling east on 265th Street at around 2:45-p.m., when it failed to stop at the posted intersection with Warbler Avenue The SUV collided head-on with a 2020 Volvo driven by 60-year-old Ricky Stewart, of Mount Ayr, as he was traveling southbound on Warbler Avenue.
Richardson was flown from the scene by Lifeflight helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, where he was pronounced deceased. Stewart was not injured in the crash.
