MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa (WHO-TV) — In an update to a previous report, authorities say woman from eastern Iowa faces several charges in connection to a crash that occurred May 20th, near Albion, and that caused the death of an 86-year-old man. The crash between a car and a tractor happened on Highway 330. When first responders arrived on scene they found a tractor overturned in a ditch and another vehicle with heavy front-end damage in the middle of the road.

According to the Iowa State Patrol, the tractor had pulled just out of a private drive onto the highway, when it was rear ended by a vehicle. The impact caused the tractor to crash into the ditch and roll onto its top. The driver of the tractor, 86-year-old Clarence Borton, died from his injuries at the scene of the crash. The driver of the vehicle, 23-year-old Morgan Weigelt, from Albion, was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of  non-life threatening injuries.

On Tuesday (Dec. 5, 2023), Weigelt was charged with failure to stop in assured and clear distance, use of an electronic communication device – over the age of 18, homicide by vehicle, and failure to provide proof of financial liability. She was being held at the Marshall County Jail on a $10,900 bond.