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2 children killed in eastern IA weekend crash, 3 others injured

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December 20th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol, Monday afternoon, identified the victims of a fatal crash in eastern Iowa’s Jones County, as being from Monticello. The accident happened at around 2:10-p.m., Sunday. The dead and injured were all from the same family, who were in an SUV that  skidded through a stop sign and was struck by a semi.

Six-year old Donald Hunter and 8-year old Diamond Hunter died at the hospital. Injured in the crash was 13-year old Hope Hunter, 32-year old Brandon James Hunter, and 31-year old Molli J. Hunter, all of Monticello. The driver of the semi, 41-year old Ryan Daniel Powers, of Horicon, WI., was not hurt.

The Patrol says the 2016 Kenworth semi was traveling south on Highway 151. The 2007 Hyundai Veracruz driven by Brandon Hunter, was traveling east on 215th Avenue, when it skidded on the slippery road and into the intersection with Highway 151, where the collision occurred.

The accident remains under investigation.