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2 killed, 2 injured in Union County crash, Thursday

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November 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Two Union County residents were killed, two others were injured, during a collision between a car and an SUV Thursday, in Afton. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of the car, 19-year old Sierra Peddycoart and her passenger, 51-year old Lori Anderson, both of Afton, died at the scene of the accident at the intersection of Highway 169 South and Highway 34. The crash took place at around 5-p.m.

Officials say Peddycoart stopped the 2003 Chrysler Sebring she was driving at the intersection, but as she pulled away, failed to see an approaching, eastbound 2010 Chevy Tahoe. The driver of the SUV, 30-year old Beth Kulow, of Creston, saw the car and tried, but failed to avoid the collision. Kulow and her passenger, 2-year old Kinsley Knutstrom, of also of Creston, were injured and transported by ambulance to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts.