According to the Courier, a convenience store chain has settled with a Waterloo resident whose house was hit by a biodiesel tanker piloted by a naked driver in 2020.
Andrid “Andy” Olson took Kwik Trip Inc., known locally as Kwik Star, to court over the crash alleging negligence connected to the early morning crash that spilled 7,500 gallons of fuel.
Stillwater Insurance Group joined the action as the third-party plaintiff and Kwik Trip filed against the driver.
Authorities said a Kwik Trip driver, Dakota David Luck, had been on drugs at the business’ biofuel blending facility on Ridgeway Avenue in the early morning hours of Aug. 20, 2020, when he commandeered another driver’s tanker semi and headed into town.
The tanker was involved in a collision with a minivan and a beer truck at Ridgeway and Hammond Avenue. Following the impact, the semi careened into Olson’s yard and crashed into the front right corner where he was sleeping downstairs.
The resulting spill triggered an environmental cleanup company to remove the fuel from the earth around the crash site and a nearby creek. Volunteers scrubbed clean a flock of ducks that called the stream home. The undisclosed settlement over the damage to Olson’s property came earlier this month after Kwik Trip petitioned the court for a summary judgment to dismiss the suit.