RURAL FLOYD COUNTY – One person is dead after a Floyd county auto accident Wednesday morning.
The accident took place around 5:30 AM Wednesday morning, December 19, at Highway 218 and Quarry Road. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, a 2017 Ford Fusion was traveling eastbound/southbound on Highway 218 when it rear-ended a a 2012 Volvo tractor trailer. The driver of the Fusion was pronounced dead at the scene.
The name of the deceased person was not immediately released by authorities.
The Iowa State Patrol was assisted in the accident by the Floyd county sheriff’s office, Floyd county fire and rescue, AMR Ambulance, and Iowa DOT.