Man killed at sale in Kalona identified

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Authorities on Tuesday identified the person killed by a pickup truck that sped through a crowded Kalona Sale Barn auction as 70-year-old Donald L. Breed of Freeport, Ill.

Breed was pronounced dead at the scene of Monday morning?s accident, according to a statement from the Washington County Sheriff?s Office. Five others were injured.

The statement said Breed was walking near the barn when a truck driven by 73-year-old James Walter Greiner of South English sped uncontrollably through the parking lot before traveling through downtown. The auctioneer and others were running the monthly horse auction from the back of the truck.

A city official and an Iowa State Patrol spokesman said Greiner suffered a medical condition that caused him to hit the accelerator, but Chief Deputy Jared Schneider of Washington County said Tuesday those statements were premature. He said investigators did not yet have enough information to make that determination.