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A Blakesburg man was killed in a truck versus semi incident Thursday.

According to the Iowa State Patrol at about 7:55 a.m. 62-year-old Dennis Alan Sandifer of Blakesburg was driving a Ford F150 south on Monroe Wapello Road in Wapello County as 30-year-old Jared Dale Holmes of Wellman was driving a semi truck north owned by Holmes Livestock Logistics of Washington. Sandifer attempted to pass another semi driving south in a marked no passing zone and Holmes attempted to slow down and swerve to the right. Sandifer struck Holmes head on in the northbound lane. Sandifer’s passenger 28-year-old Brandon Lee Pruett of Blakesburg was pronounced dead at the scene. Sandifer was transported by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.