Spencer, IA — There was a fatal accident on Friday (October 31, 2014) several miles southwest of Spencer that killed a local woman, 63-year old Terri McCarroll. Police said that McCarroll died on Friday morning after her car was in a wreck with a semi-truck.
This happened at about 8:30 a.m. that morning, near the intersection of 400th Street(B-40) and 190th Street (M-38). McCarroll had been driving her Ford pickup truck south along M-38 that morning when she came to the intersection with B-40 and allegedly failed to stop at the posted stop sign.
Her pickup truck proceeded to drive in front of a westbound semi-truck, which caused a major collision. McCarroll was badly injured as a result and the truck driver, Dennis Vandehoef, was less seriously injured. Paramedics declared Terri McCarroll dead at the scene.
After being taken to a local hospital, Vandehoef was treated for head injures and taken to a different facility. Right now, it’s not clear what really happened or why McCarroll didn’t stop at the intersection, but all this will be under investigation.
Scene of the Accident
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