A Dyersville man was seriously injured in an accident on Highway 20 in Dubuque County on Monday night.
The accident happened just west of Peosta in the westbound lanes around 5:30 pm. The Iowa State Patrol says a pickup truck driven by 64-year old Dean Dettbarn of Dyersville was heading west when he struck a westbound tractor pulling an anhydrous toolbar with an anhydrous tank in tow.
Both the truck and the tractor came to rest on the north shoulder of Highway 20.
Dettbarn was transported to MercyOne Hospital in Dubuque with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor, 25-year old Levi Pfab of Epworth, was not hurt.
The Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office, Epworth Fire & EMS and Tegeler’s assisted at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
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