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One injured, another dead following Dallas County crash

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January 19th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer this morning (Friday morning) in Dallas County, left one person dead, another injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 Lexus GS350 driven by 49-year old Chung C. Lo, of West Des Moines, and a 2006 Kenworth semi driven by 57-year old Douglas Harrison, of Panora, collided head-on as they were traveling on D Avenue, south of Dawson.

The Lexus was traveling north, and the semi was heading southbound, when they collided just north of 150th Street at around 8:50-a.m. Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch following the crash. Douglas Harrison died at the scene. Chung Lo was transported by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.