Dump truck driver ticketed for failure to yield the right of way in a Highway 9 accident

A Decorah man has been ticketed for Failure to Yield the Right of Way following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 9 Monday afternoon.

Decorah Police say 65-year-old Donald Wilkins pulled out from the Bruening quarry on Highway 9, thinking he could make it across the eastbound lanes of traffic.  He could not.  He struck a pickup driven by 41-year-old Jose Cesar of Castalia.  The accident caused $14,000 in damages.

Cesar suffered a broken knee cap in the accident and was taken to Winneshiek Medical Center for treatment.  Wilkins was not injured.