Chicago man killed in fiery crash in rural Plymouth County
PLYMOUTH COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) — A Chicago man was killed in a fiery crash at around noon Tuesday.
According to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, at around 12:42 p.m., Mohammed Wajid, 28, of Chicago, was driving a Freightliner north on K18 when he approached the intersection of K18 and C12 near Chatsworth.
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Officials said that Wajid failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection and hit a grain trailer that was being pulled by a Kenworth driven by Timothy Wilken, 49, of Akron.
Wajid was taken to a local hospital after the crash where he later died.
Officials said that the crash caused a fire to spark up in nearby fields.
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