(Humboldt, Iowa) [updated 6/10] – Two people died in northern Iowa’s Humboldt County Saturday evening, when a pickup and a Utility Terrain Vehicle collided north of Humboldt. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2021 Polaris UTV operated by 43-year-old Theodore “Ted” Joseph Prenger, of Dakota City, was traveling south on Michigan Avenue at around 5:18-p.m., Saturday, when the machine failed to yield the right-of-way at the intersection with 170th Street (Highway C-26), and was struck on the passenger side by the pickup.

Theodore Prenger and his passenger, 56-year-old Teresa Ann Prenger, also of Dakota City, died at the scene. The driver of the pickup, 63-year-old Terry Dean George, of Hardy, was injured in the crash, and transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Clarion. Reports say Ted Prenger was a city councilman in Dakota City.

The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol, who  was assisted at the scene by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and Humboldt Fire/EMS.