(Brooklyn, Iowa) – A collision between a semi tractor-trailer and a farm tractor, Monday evening in Poweshiek County, left the driver of the semi dead and the tractor driver injured. The accident happened at around 6-p.m. on County Highway V-18.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2007 Kenworth semi driven by 68-year-old Garland Alan Roth, of Grinnell, struck the rear of a grain wagon being pulled by John Deere 8520 tractor. The tractor was being driven by 72-year-old Charles E. Griffith, of Brooklyn. Both vehicles were traveling northbound. Following the collision, the the semi came to rest on its side in the west ditch. The farm tractor remained on the highway.

Roth died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. Charles Griffith was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Grinnell. The accident was under investigation.