The Iowa State Patrol is investigating separate, fatal crashes that took place Tuesday. In southern Iowa’s Clarke County, 25-year old Jesse John Ray, of Osceola died, when for reasons unknown, the westbound 2010 Toyota Camry he was driving on Highway 34, crossed the centerline of the road, and collided head-on with an eastbound 2017 Freightliner semi, driven by 33-year old Jesse Lee Bain, of Ottumwa.The accident happened a little after 4-p.m., Tuesday.

The semi came to rest in the south ditch, while car came to a halt on the road. Ray, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. Bain was wearing his seat belt. He was transported by Clarke County Ambulance to the Clarke County Hospital.

The Patrol says the other fatal accident happened in eastern Iowa’s Cedar County, when the driver of a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup attempted to make a U-turn from the right turn lane on northbound Highway 38. The pickup was struck broadside by a northbound by a 2003 Peterbilt semi registered to a trucking company out of Springfield, MO. The accident happened at around 9:45-a.m., Tuesday. No names had been released as of early this (Wednesday) morning.