NORTHWOOD – A Mason City man has been convicted of vehicular homicide in connection to a fatal 2019 accident in Worth County. The Iowa State Patrol said, 38-year-old Rick Johnson was walking along 390th Street, east of Ironwood Avenue, when he was struck and killed by a vehicle, driven by 43-year-old Luke Beenken of Mason City. Investigators say Beenken was texting while driving when he ran into Johnson. He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 18th.
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