70-year-old dies, after cars collided trying to pass

A 70-year-old was killed in a Buffalo County car accident.

Dennis Schmidtknecht died Monday when his car struck guard rails and a bridge, then rolled into a ditch.

Schmidtknecht and another driver were both trying to pass a vehicle at the same time on Highway 37 at Alma, and their cars collided. There’s no word on the condition of the other driver.