The Iowa State Patrol reports a total of three people died and three others were injured in separate northern Iowa crashes, Friday. Two people died and one person was injured during a single-vehicle crash that occurred at around 8:15-p.m. Friday, in Cerro Gordo County. The Patrol says a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup driven by 31-year-old Paul N. Swann, of Fertile, Iowa, was traveling north on Fir Avenue, when it went out of control and entered a ditch. The vehicle came back onto the road before entering the ditch a second time and coming to rest in the south ditch off of 330th Street, on its passenger side. Swann, and a passenger in the vehicle, 33-year-old Cody A. Keeney, also of Fertile, died at the scene. A second passenger, 31-year-old Jenns B. Berggren, of Mason City, was flown from the scene to a hospital. The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, Mason City and Clear Lake EMS Departments, and the Hanlontown Fire Dept. First Responders.

The second fatal accident happened at around 3:20-p.m., Friday, in Hancock County. The Patrol says a 2018 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 16-year-old Kaden Buckley, of Ventura, was traveling east on 190th Street, when Buckley failed to stop at the posted intersection with Highway 69, south of Garner. The pickup struck a northbound 2019 Subaru Ascent broadside. The driver of the Subaru, 79-year-old Sharon Schneider, of Clear Lake, died from her injuries. The accident remains under investigation. Schneider was wearing her seat belt. The Iowa State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, along with Garner EMS.

And, two people from Slater were injured during a crash that happened at around 8:32-p.m. Friday, in Butler County. The Patrol reports a 2019 Chevy Suburban, driven by 29-year-old Zachary Toben, of Slater, was stopped at the intersection of Highways 14 and 57, when the vehicle was struck from behind, by a 2013 Ford Fusion, driven by 56-year-old Craig Pals, of Cedar Falls.

The force of the impact pushed the Suburban through the intersection before it came to rest on the north side of Highway 57. Toben and his passenger, 31-year-old Brittany Toben, of Slater, were injured and transported by Parkersburg EMS to the hospital in Grundy Center. Both were wearing their seat belts. The crash remains under investigation. Assisting the State Patrol at the scene, was the Butler County Sheriff’s Dept., Parkersburg Police and Parkersburg EMS.