Burt resident killed in northwest Humboldt County

BY APRIL KELLEY
Taylor Lee Chance, 27, of Burt, was killed and another man was air lifted late Wednesday afternoon, after a concrete truck vs. semi accident. The accident occurred at approximately 5 p.m.
The accident occurred on 110th Street and Birch Avenue, west of Ottosen and five miles south of West Bend. According to the crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, Shane Edward Stanton, 27, of Philadelphia, MS, was southbound on Birch Avenue driving a tractor-trailer. Stanton failed to yield the right of way to Chance, who was driving a cement truck eastbound on 110th Street.
Stanton was life flighted to Univerisity of Iowa Hospital and clinics for treatment. Stanton’s condition is unknown at the current time.
The accident remains under investigation. Sheriff’s offices from Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties, along with Bode Fire/EMS, Gilmore City Fire/EMS, Ottosen Fire, Humboldt County EMS, the Humboldt County Medical Examiner, Lentz Funeral Home and Unity Point Hospital Life Flight assisted with the accident scene.