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HARTINGTON — A Coleridge man died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday near Laurel.
Reports from the Cedar County Sheri's O$ce indicate deputies were called to a two vehicle crash on Highway 59 at the intersection of Highway 15 near Laurel just before 9 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities say Charles Potosnyak, 70, Coleridge, was making a left turn onto Highway 59 and failed to yield to oncoming tra$c.
His Buick was struck by an oncoming semi.
Potosnyak, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was not wearing at seatbelt at the time of the accident.
He was a teacher at Laurel Concord Coleridge Public School from 1983 to 2012. He taught third through sixth grade and the Alternative Education Credit Recovery Program.
