Decorah, IA :Minnesotans survive Iowa collisions on Tuesday, July, 14th 2015

Three people from Minnesota were involved in two separate vehicle accidents Tuesday in northeast Iowa.The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Bernal Salgado of Austin, MN, was exiting a driveway onto Highway 52, near Middle Calmar Road, when his car was struck by a train while crossing the railroad tracks that run along the highway.The vehicle was totaled but the train was undamaged. Salgado was later found unharmed in Calmar by police.The investigation into this accident, which occurred around 2:20 am, is continuing.A two-vehicle collision then took place around 4:45 pm Tuesday on Highway 52, north of Decorah. Authorities say 18-year-old Phoenix Peterson of Mabel, MN, was driving a car south and entered a warning area for an upcoming work zone. That’s when the truck driven by 22-year-old Devin Funk of Harmony, MN, apparently pulled out of a driveway and into Peterson’s path.The crash temporarily blocked Highway 52 and caused approximately $13,000 in property damage. Peterson, Funk and an unidentified passenger in Funk’s truck were checked at the scene by Winneshiek Medical Center Ambulance for non-life threatening injuries.Funk has been cited for failure to provide proof of insurance, no valid driver’s license and failure to yield.

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Minnesotans survive Iowa collisions