(Lee County, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a semi early Saturday morning (Nov. 2nd) in southeastern Iowa, claimed the life of a man from Florida. The Iowa State Patrol says at around 12:o8-a.m., a 2017 BMW driven by 24-year-old Josue Alexander Boton Pinula, of Middleburg, FL, was traveling west on Iowa Highway 16.

When the man failed to obey at stop sign at the intersection with Highway 218, his car and was struck by a southbound 1995 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by 68-year-old Paul Douglas White, of Patterson, MO. The accident happened as the car was entering the southbound lanes.

Pinula died at the scene. White was injured and transported by Lee County EMS to the Henry County Hospital in Mount Pleasant.Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.