On August 27, at 10:58am, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office investigated a two vehicle accident in the 4200-blk of 370st. A 2004 John Deere Tractor driven by Ronald L. Soenen of Emmetsburg, was east bound and was attempting to drive around the north side of road construction barricade and collided with a 1992 Freightliner semi driven by Kyle M. Hoffman of Emmetsburg who was also east bound.
Damage to the Freightliner was estimated at $5000.00 and $1000.00 to the John Deere Tractor
Ronald L. Soenen and Kyle M. Hoffman were both cited for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign
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