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Fatal crash in Carroll County

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February 23rd, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Dedham, Iowa) – A collision Tuesday morning between a pickup and a van in Carroll County, left one person dead and another injured. The Iowa State Patrol, on Wednesday, said a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 58-year-old Rae Jean Lepird, of Carroll, was traveling east on Highway 141 south of Dedham and west of Olympic Avenue, when the vehicle went out of control on the icy roadway.

The pickup crossed the center line of the highway and struck the driver’s side door of a westbound 2018 Dodge Caravan driven by 32-year-old Ashley Dawn Kesselring, of Coon Rapids. The crash happened at around 8:50-a.m.

Kesselring, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene from her injuries.  Lepird, who was also wearing her seat belt,  suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Carroll County Ambulance to St. Anthony Regional Hospital, in Carroll.

The accident remains under investigation.