Highway Safety - U.S. Highway 65 Collision of two trucks

A collision between two trucks occurred on November 4, 2008 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 65 and 180^th near Rockwell. Life flight helicopter was dispatched and was able to land between the two vehicles. A photograph of the scene shows several ambulances along with firefighters attending to the injured. Rockwell is south of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County.

The Iowa State Patrol report has two of the four vehicle passengers were injured. In this collision the northbound vehicle is stated to have crossed the center line sideswiping the southbound vehicle causing it to flip on its side and coming to rest in the east ditch. The northbound vehicle came to rest in the west ditch. Iowa Falls ambulance and Cerro Gordo County Ambulance crews along with Mercy Air Life removed the injured.

The two trucks were a 1995 Chevrolet K2500 and a 2000 Ford F550. The K2500 is a ¾ ton pickup truck.  The F550 is a unique light frame truck.

“The Ford F550 is a class 5 Ford conventional truck. It is unique in its weight class in that the 2003 model shares fenders, hood and grille as well as the cab with a pickup. This model is used in places as a light-framed armored truck such as the Armet Armoured Vehicles Gurkha.”