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UPDATE: City of Decorah tractor crashes into pop-up camper

Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 8:37 AM

There's one more flooding-related expense.

Decorah Police say City of Decorah employee Scott Ihde was moving a portable toilet away from the flooding on Sunday morning, using a city tractor, with the portable toilet resting on the front forks of the tracotr as he traveled east on College Driver towards the City Water Department Shop.

As Ihde approved a red light on College Drive, he hit the rear of a pop-up camper being pulled by Charles Wolf of Cedar Rapids.

Neither driver was injured.  The camper suffered $1,500 in damages.  The portable toilet was a total loss.