There were four elderly women occupying the vehicle that was hit. Two of the women died on impact and the other two women later succumbed to their injuries at a local hospital. The women had all been residents of a senior home called the Lodge of Ashworth.

The car was moved more than 75 feet from the point of impact in the car accident.

The driver of the semi sustained no serious injuries. Charges have yet to be filed in the case.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ families and friends during this difficult time.

According to officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, the fatal accident occurred shortly after 6:00 a.m. near Champion Lane, less than a half mile north of Highway 92 in  rural Pottawattamie County. Police say 21 year-old Griswold resident Kayleen Amos was killed in the car accident.

According to the sheriff’s department accident report, Amos was traveling north on Contrail Avenue in a 2002 Ford F250 pickup truck when she lost control of the vehicle for unknown reasons. The pickup truck left the roadway, entered the west ditch, and rolled, eventually coming to rest on its top.

Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jim Matthai said Amos was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to Matthai.

The accident remains under investigation.

The deceased was identified as 17 year-old Victoria Westfall. She was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City where she was pronounced dead.

The injured victim, 57 year-old Marlo White, was transported by ambulance to Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls. She is listed in fair condition.

According to officials with the Iowa State Patrol, the accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Hardin Street and C Avenue about five miles northwest of Alden. Police say Westfall was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix eastbound on Hardin Street while White was traveling southbound on C Avenue in a Silverado pickup truck. Both vehicles entered the uncontrolled intersection and collided.

The accident remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol.

According to officials with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred on Highway 71, about a tenth of a mile south of 250th street in Carroll County. Deputies say 48 year-old Michael Ross, of Grand Junction, was traveling north on Highway 71 in a 2008 Mack Truck and tractor when he was rear-ended by a 2005 Ford Taurus driven by 18 year-old Cody Wills, of Carroll.

Deputies say 19 year-old Katie Schuler was injured in the accident. The nature and extent of her injuries was not immediately known. Two other passengers in Wills’ vehicle, 19 year-old James Martens and 26 year-old Alvin Evans were not harmed.

The Taurus sustained an estimated $3,500 in damage. The Mack Truck sustained an estimated $200 in damage.

The Sheriff’s Office reports the highway was 30 to 40 percent covered with snow at the time of the accident.

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The incident took place around 4:40 PM on Interstate 80 in Scott County in eastern Iowa. Police say that the man tried to cross the interstate and was struck by a semitrailer.

The 57-year-old man died instantly, and the truck driver was not injured.

Police are stil investigating the death and no charges have yet been filed.

The incident occurred Saturday morning as the 25-year-old driver of the truck that the 26-year-old woman was riding as a passenger in lost control of the vehicle. The truck they were in then ran off the road and slammed into a retaining wall before hitting a parked car.

The woman was killed immediately, while the 25-year-old man was taken to a local hospital.

The 25-year-old and 26-year-old cousins were both riding in the same vehicle just north of Council Bluffs when the car left the road and entered a ditch on the west side of the road. It then rolled over.

According to friends, the cousins were heading home from a nephew’s flag football game at the time.

The Iowa State Patrol report that the 37-year old driver and his 23-year-old passenger were killed after the car swerved from the roadway and entered a ditch. Then then struck a drainage culvert and flipped over, coming to rest on its top.

The accident happened a little after 11 PM on Friday on 230th Street east of T Avenue.

Authorities said that the crash occurred on Iowa Highway 2 around 8 AM Tuesday, about four miles east of Cordyon.

A 56-year-old woman, a 59-year-old man, and a 24-year-old man were killed in the crash.

Evidence suggests that the 59-year-old man was eastbound on Highway 2, while the 56-year-old woman was westbound on Highway 2 with the 24-year-old behind her. The 59-year-old’s truck crossed the center line and struck both of the other vehicles. Two of the three then burst into flames.

As of this week, there have been 191 fatal traffic accidents on Iowa roads, down from 227 at this time last year. 2009 ended with 372 fatal crashes total, and 2010 is shaping up to have even fewer. Fatalities have not been this low since World War II times.

Paul Rierdan explains this lowering in fatal crashes, despite police budget cuts:

“I think technology has helped a great deal. They locate problems areas. In general I think all departments, city state and county all do that. They locate their areas where they’re having problems, fatalities, bad accidents, speed complaints, whatever and then we can concentrate on those areas.”

The state also has a 93% compliance rate when it comes to buckling up and is the second best ranked state in the nation in terms of alcohol related fatalities.

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