PLYMOUTH COUNTY FATALITY

A PIERSON , IOWA MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS 48 YEAR OLD DAVID ALAN KLINGENSMITH DROWNED, AFTER HE WAS PINNED UNDERWATER BENEATH HIS TRACTOR.

THE SHERIFF SAYS KLINGENSMITH WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON TAMARACK AVENUE TUESDAY NIGHT AROUND 10PM WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A PARKED  PICKUP TRUCK AND TWO FISHERMEN ON A BRIDGE.

HE SWERVED TO AVOID THE TRUCK AND THE TRACTOR ROLLED DOWN THE ENBANKMENT INTO THE WATER, PINNING KLINGENSMITH UNDERNEATH  IT. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE IOWA STATE PATROL.