Two vehicle accident

AN ALGONA WOMAN AND A PASSENGER FROM WESLEY HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MAN FROM WHITTEMORE AT KOSSUTH COUNTY ROAD B-55 AND IRVINGTON ROAD YESTERDAY MORNING. KOSSUTH COUNTY SHERIFF`S DEPUTY JEFF GILMORE IDENTIFIES THE DRIVERS AS 38 YEAR OLD ALAN ANDREW LAUBENTHAL DRIVING A 1993 KENWORTH, AND 47 YEAR OLD NANCY LYNN LOESCHEN WHO WAS DRIVING A 1993 CHEVY VAN. DEPUTY GILMORE SAYS IN AN ACCIDENT REPORT THE LOESCHEN VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO PASS A TRACTOR WITH A TRACTOR FULLY STACKED WITH HAYBALES, THE DRIVER THOUGHT THE LOAD WAS TIPPING AND TRIED TO PASS SLOWLY AND WAS REAR ENDED BY LAUBENTHAL. LOESCHEN AND A PASSENGER 57 YEAR OLD MARY CRUISE WERE TAKEN BY ALGONA AMBULANCE TO KOSSUTH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER FOR TREATMENT. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.