Fatality Accident at Hwy75 & C80

On Tuesday March 11, 2025, at approximately 8:39AM, officers with the SiouX City Police Department were dispatched to an accident in the 5300 block of Hwy 75N.

Once on scene, officers located a Dodge pick-up truck that was completely flipped over on it’s top. The driver of the truck was unconscious.

The Dodge truck was pulling a trailer and was traveling southbound on Hwy 75 when a Jeep Commander pulled out in front of the Dodge truck from C-80. The Dodge truck struck the passenger side of the Jeep Commander, causing the Dodge truck to go down into the ditch on the west side of Hwy 75, and flip onto it’s top. The trailer being pulled by the Dodge truck swung around and struck a Toyota Rav 4 that was stopped at a stop sign on C-80, facing east.

The driver of the Dodge truck died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the Jeep Commander was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries and was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop/Yield Sign.

Iowa State Patrol, Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, Hinton Police Department, Hinton Fire and EMS, Merrill Police Department, and Sioux City Fire and Rescue All responded to the scene of the accident. Hwy 75 South was shut down for approximately three hours while law enforcement conducted an investigation.

At This time, the name of the deceased is not being released.