The following is from the Bremer Co Sheriff’s Office:
On 01-13-2023 at 08:10 the Bremer County Sheriff’s Office responded to a personal injury motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Viking Ave (V-56) and 132nd St. Deputies investigation determined that a 2016 Ram truck driven by a 17 year old juvenile failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a 2009 Chevy suburban driven by Stanley Koester of Sumner and owned by the Sumner/Fredericksburg School District. The occupants of the suburban were trapped and had to be extricated by the Sumner Fire Department. Eugene Knoploh and Virgil Erhardt both of Sumner were transported to Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Stanley Koester and the 17 year old juvenile were not injured in the accident. The 17 year old juvenile was charged with failure to obey a stop sign, violation of a restricted license at the scene and later transported to the Bremer County Jail where he was charged with operating while under the influence of a controlled substance.
The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Iowa State Patrol, Sumner Fire Department, Tieskotter Collision Center and SEMS.