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.

According to officials with the Iowa state patrol, the accident occurred shortly after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday on a gravel road near 180th street, about three miles southwest of Albion. Troopers say 34 year-old Mitchell Storjohann, of Marshalltown, was traveling west in the middle of the road when he crested a hill and struck an eastbound Kia Sedona driven by 33 year-old Shane Ersland, of Iowa City.

It is unclear which vehicle the boy who died was in at the time of the crash.

Ersland and a passenger in his car, 57 year-old Ann Ersland, were injured in the accident and transported by ambulance to a Marshalltown hospital. The nature and extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Troopers said their lives were saved because they were wearing seat belts.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ family and friends during this difficult time.

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 crash occurred early Saturday morning in Franklin County near Dows. A 40-year-old man lost control of his 1992 Mazda as he was traveling eastbound on Balsam Avenue. He crashed into a roadside creek.

The 40-year-old man and his 14-year-old passenger were killed in the crash.

The accident remains under investigation.

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 pedestrian-vehicle accident took place when the man was attempting to cross the road in his motorized wheelchair. According to the dump truck driver, he was making a right turn at the same time and struck the man, who he says he did not see.

Police are still investigating but no charges have been filed.

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 33-year-old bicyclist was pedaling on Iowa Highway 85 when the truck driver spotted him. The driver moved towards the center line to give the cyclist more room.

It was then that the truck’s front right tire failed, causing the truck to lurch to the right. It hit the cyclist, killing him instantly.

Police report that the 19-year-old Bettendorf driver of a 1995 Cadillac was westbound on Locust when he swerved across the center line, crashing headlong into an eastbound 1997 Chevy SUV driven by a 24-year-old Rock Island man.

A 23-year-old woman who was riding as a front-seat passenger in the Cadillac was killed immediately. The 19-year-old and another passenger in his car, an 18-year-old woman, were injured and taken to a nearby hospital.

Medical authorities expect those who survived the crash to make a full recovery.