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Body of missing wrecked SUV driver found submerged in ditch

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June 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MONTGOMERY, Iowa (AP) — Dickinson County authorities are investigating after the body of a driver involved in a crash into a western Iowa ditch was pulled from the water. The Sioux City Journal reports that the body of 65-year-old Dale Peters, of Lake Park, was found in the water near a submerged wrecked vehicle Tuesday morning.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies received a report of a partially submerged SUV in water north of Montgomery in the Diamond Lake Township. After finding the owner of the vehicle was not home, authorities searched the water and discovered Peters’ body.

Investigators believe Peters lost control of the vehicle on the gravel road and entered the west ditch, where the vehicle overturned.