The Labor Day death toll in Iowa at last count, was four. The latest death occurred during a crash late Sunday morning, in northeast Iowa’s Allamakee County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 75-year-old John Thein, of Guttenberg, died when he was struck by a kayak that flew off a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck. The accident happened as the 2001 Ford F-150, driven by 69-year-old Andrew Wroble, of Harpers Ferry, was traveling south on County Road X-26 at around 10:50-a.m., Sunday.

The pickup was pulling a trailer with a kayak, when the boat separated from the trailer and went airborne, striking Thein, who was riding a 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on X-26. Thein died at the scene. He was transported to the Allamkee County Morgue by ambulance. Wroble was not injured. The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Iowa DNR and Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office.

A rollover accident in northeastern Iowa’s Jones County, Sunday, resulted one death and one person injured. The accident happened at around 2-a.m. in Monticello. According to the State Patrol, a 2004 Ford Explorer was traveling south on River Road, when it entered the west ditch and rolled several times before coming to rest on its top. The 44-year-old driver from Anamosa, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and died from his injuries at the scene. A 42-year-old passenger in the SUV was wearing their seat belt. They suffered minor injuries and were transported to their residence by the Jones County Sheriff. No names have been released. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Jones County Sheriff’s Office, Monticello Police, Fire and Ambulance, and the Jones County Medical Examiner.

The Iowa State Patrol reports the first fatal accident happened just before 8-a.m. Friday near Tiffin, in eastern Iowa’s Johnson County. Authorities say a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander was traveling northbound on Half Moon Avenue, when it failed to stop at the stop sign posted at Highway 6. The vehicle went through the intersection and left the road before hitting a tree.  The driver, 64-year-old Chou-Long Huang was injured, and transported to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. His passenger, 65-year-old Ychen Huang died at the hospital from injuries suffered in the crash. Both were from Coralville. The accident remains under investigation.

The second accident resulted in two dead and two injured. The crash occurred a little after 2-p.m. Saturday near Colwell, in northern Iowa’s Floyd County. The Patrol says a 2012 Ford Edge was southbound on Underwood Avenue near 140th Street, when the SUV crossed the center line of the road and struck a 2019 Ford Flex, head-on. The occupants of the southbound SUV suffered minor injuries. They were identified as 28-year-old Casey Lindahl, the driver, and a three-year-old passenger child, both of Charles City. They were transported to the Floyd Medical Center by ambulance. The driver of the Ford Flex, 77-year-old Chris Andersen and his passenger, 76-year-old Anita Andersen, both of Mason City, died at the scene. All of the victims in the crash were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.