(Buena Vista County, Iowa) – A crash Tuesday night in northwest Iowa has claimed the life of a man from Storm Lake. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2013 Mack semi tractor-trailer, 63-year-old Humberto Aladro-Valdes, of Storm Lake, died in a collision that involved two other semi’s. According to the report, the accident happened at around 7:40-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 71 and 7, on the southeast side of Storm Lake.

Authorities say the semi driven by Valdes was traveling west on Iowa Highway 7, at the same time a 2023 Freightliner semi driven by 56-year-old Cedric Lamont Patterson, of Roxie, MS, was traveling north on Highway 71. A semi driven by 37-year-old Deante Martece Seandal Watson, of Des Moines (IA), was southbound on Highway 71. Valdes’ semi failed to stop at the intersection, and struck the semi driven by Patterson, which continued northbound. Valdes was ejected from the cab of his truck, and died at the scene.

The trailer of Patterson’s semi sideswiped the trailer of Watson’s semi. No other injuries were reported. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the Storm Lake Fire and Police Departments.