One dead and another injured after train strikes semi-truck in Iowa

By The Associated Press

June 20, 2026 at 12:50 pm CDT

Workers respond after a train derailed on June 3 near Victor, Iowa. (AP photo/Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

VICTOR, Iowa (AP) — A train struck a semi-truck in eastern Iowa on June 3, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said.

The crash occurred at the crossing of a state highway and the Iowa Interstate Railroad in a rural area about 70 miles east of Des Moines, according to Poweshiek County Sheriff Matt Maschmann.

One person in the semi-truck died and another was transported with “serious injuries,” Maschmann said in a statement.

Spectators view damage after a train derailed on June 3 near Victor, Iowa. (AP photo/Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Seventeen train cars and two power engines derailed after the crash and caused “significant damage” to the railroad, he said. Images of the scene showed a massive heap of railcars with billowing smoke.

No hazardous material was spilled, according to Iowa State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Alex Dinkla.