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One dead in Holt County MO wreck

By John Nixon

11/25/2024

(KLZA)-- An Iowa man was killed in a wreck on U-S Highway 159 approximately 4.5 miles northeast of Fortescue, Missouri on Thursday afternoon, November 21, about 5:45 p.m. according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The Iowa man was driving north in a 2020 Polaris Ranger and a Hyundai Santa Cruz, which is a compact pickup was southbound on U-S 159. The Polaris Ranger hit a deer in the northbound lane and crossed into the southbound lane where the Ranger impacted the front of the Santa Cruz. The Polaris overturned coming to rest on its passenger side.

The 66-year-old driver of the Polaris was pronounced dead at the scene by Holt County Coroner Susan Lentz. A 35-year-old man from Huxley, Iowa, who was a passenger in the Polaris, was transported to Community Medical Center in Falls City by the Atchison-Holt EMS and then transferred by Life Flight to Brian West Hospital in Lincoln with what were described as serious injuries.

The 51-year-old female who was driving the pickup was not transported.

The Holt County Sheriff's Office assisted at the scene of the wreck.

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