RURAL BREMER COUNTY – An Iowa man died after a two-car collision Saturday in Bremer county.
On June 20, 2020 the Bremer County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 3 and County Road V 56. Douglas Martin, 75 of Des Moines, was traveling southbound on V56 in a minivan when he ran the stop sign at the intersection of V56 and Highway 3. Silvestre Alonso, 49 of Oelwein; and Walter Hernandez, 33 of Oelwein, were traveling westbound in a white Chevy Trailblazer and struck Martin’s vehicle.
Alonso and Hernandez were transported to MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center where they were treated for minor injuries. Martin had to be extricated from the vehicle and was airlifted to UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo where he later died from his injuries.