(CORRECTION/Updated 5:15-p.m.) The Iowa State Patrol reports two people are dead and another was injured during a crash Friday morning, north of Massena. The crash happened at around 10:26-a.m. on Highway 148/750th Street. Authorities say a 2013 Fiat 500 driven by 69-year-old Juliana Krauth, of Massena, and a 2012 VW Jetta, driven by a minor under the age of 18 from Massena, were both northbound on Highway 148 just south of Oxford Road,  when for reasons unknown, the VW struck the Fiat in the rear, causing the Fiat to leave the road to the right. It rolled over and came to rest on the driver’s side within a creek.

The VW went off the road to the left and through a ditch before coming to rest on a fence. The driver – who was not wearing a seat belt – was transported to the Cass County Hospital by Cumberland Rescue, for treatment of minor injuries. Juliana Kauth and her passenger, 74-year-old David Krauth, also of Massena, died at the scene. Both were wearing their seat belts.

The accident remains under investigation.