BOONE, IOWA (AP) -- The Iowa State Patrol says a deadly crash between a semitrailer and an ambulance in Boone County happened when the trucker tried to yield to the approaching ambulance.
A patient and a nurse in the ambulance were killed Thursday when the ambulance hit the back of the truck on U.S. Highway 30.
The patrol says the truck, driven by Dennis Good, of Ogden, was headed east in the left lane when Good attempted to turn north off the highway. When Good saw the ambulance approaching, he attempted to switch to the right lane to avoid a collision, but the ambulance also switched to the right lane and hit the back of the trailer.
The ambulance was taking the patient from St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll to a Des Moines hospital.
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