Hunter
02/08/23
A two-vehicle accident north of Springville led to a fatality.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reports that emergency responders were called at 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday to a fatality accident near the intersection of Springville Road and Schmidt Lane.
The release says that 31-year-old Zachary Twachtmann of Animosa failed to maintain control of his vehicle, swerving and striking another vehicle. The man in the other vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
Twachtmann had non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the Linn County Correctional Center. A passenger, 25-year-old Mackenna Scofield of Anamosa was taken to a hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.