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A truck and a car collided on Business Highway 34 west of Mt. Pleasant on Thanksgiving Day. According to the Iowa State Patrol, at 7:47 a.m. a Honda Pilot was northbound on Franklin Avenue when it ran a stop sign and was hit broadside by a semi truck. The crash happened at Franklin Avenue and 235th Street, or old Highway 34. The Honda was driven by 55-year-old Rifet Rosic of St. Louis, Missouri and the truck was driven by 39-year-old Morris Lynch of Enfield, North Carolina.

The wreck is still under investigation. The Iowa State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Henry County EMS, and Mt. Pleasant Fire Department.