2 injured after a pickup truck hit a tractor in Floyd County
CHARLES CITY, Iowa — Two people were injured Friday after a pickup truck collided with a tractor on Highway 218 outside Charles City.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash occurred Friday just after 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Highway 218, near mile marker 227. A John Deere tractor with a planter was northbound on Highway 218 when a Ford pickup truck, also traveling northbound on Highway 218, struck the planter.
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The tractor spun and entered the ditch, where it flipped. The driver, 54-year-old William Ruzicka, was ejected from the tractor. The pickup truck came to rest upright in the ditch, according to the report.
The driver of the pickup truck, 37-year-old Trevor Winfrey, and the driver of the tractor were transported to the hospital with injuries.
The Iowa State Patrol was assisted by the Charles City Fire Department and American Medical Response. The Iowa State Patrol had opened an investigation into the accident.
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