(Knieram, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol has released information about a fatal car and ATV collision that occurred Thursday afternoon in northwest Iowa’s Calhoun County. Authorities say a 2020 John Deere ATV operated by 84-year-old Michael Donald Leith, of Manson, was traveling north on Zearing Avenue, and failed to yield the right-of-way to a 2007 Ford Taurus that was traveling east on Highway 20. After the car struck the ATV, both vehicles came to rest in the median, east of the intersection.

Donald Leith died at the scene. The driver of the car, 88-year-old William Oscar Peterson, of Moorland, was injured and transported to his home by family members. The crash occurred at around 3:30-p.m., east of Knieram. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Calhoun County Medical Examiner, and the Iowa DOT.