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1 dead, 1 injured in SE Iowa crash; 1 seriously hurt in separate crash

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February 16th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

A woman died and another woman was injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident Saturday morning in southeastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 28-year-old Mallory Kate Johnston, of Fremont, lost control of the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee she was driving on a snow-covered curve on southbound Highway 23, in Keokuk County. The SUV went off the road near 310th Street just before 9 a.m. Saturday, and flipped onto its top.

Mallory Johnston died at the scene. Her passenger, 21-year-old Madelynn Johnston, of Oskaloosa, was injured and taken to a hospital. Neither women were wearing their seat belt. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the crash.

A separate crash Friday evening, resulted in life threatening injuries to a truck driver from eastern Iowa. The Patrol says 49-year old Darin Kruse, of Lone Rock, was flown by MercyOne helicopter to the hospital, after the 2014 semi he was driving rear-ended a semi on westbound  Highway 20 in Grundy County. The accident happened at around 5:30-p.m., Friday, near mile marker 186.

The driver of the other semi, who was from Texas, was not injured.