AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A SIOUX CITY MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE COLLISION OF A VAN AND A SEMI TUESDAY MORNING IN RURAL WOODBURY COUNTY.

THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS 40 YEAR OLD PAUL MANN JUNIOR DIED WHEN HIS VAN COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER ON MINNESOTA AVENUE NEAR PIERSON.

INVESTIGATORS SAY MANN WAS HEADED NORTH WHEN HIS VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE INTO THE SEMI'S PATH. THE COLLISION SENT BOTH VEHICLES INTO A DITCH.

MANN WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE COLLISION. THE SEMI DRIVER, 55 YEAR OLD CHARLES FRENCH OF LAWTON, WAS AIRLIFTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND OCCURRED JUST AFTER 7AM ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF PIERSON.