Two accidents in central Iowa, Thursday, claimed the lives of three Iowans. The State Patrol reports the first crash happened at around 2:17-p.m. on Interstate 35 northbound, in Warren County. Authorities say a 2010 Ford Econoline van driven by 48-year-old Bryan Bard Byre, of Bondurant, was traveling on I-35 just south of St. Charles, when the vehicle left the road and entered the east ditch before striking a tree. Byre died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. The accident remains under investigation.

And, an accident in Jasper County at around 7:53-p.m. Thursday, occurred when a 2014 Lincoln MKX driven by 79-year-old Dorothy Findlow, of Monroe, traveled the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of Highway 163, and collided head-on with a 2022 Chevy Trailblazer SUV upon the left lane. Findlow died after being flown to a hospital in Des Moines. The driver of the SUV, 46-year-old Delia Vance, from Pella, died at the scene.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.