(Statewide) – One person died, five others were injured, during three separate accidents Saturday, in Iowa. According to the State Patrol, the crashes occurred in Ida, Muscatine and Jackson Counties. The first crash happened in Ida Grove at around 12:07-p.m., Saturday.

Authorities say a 2021 Kia Seltos LX driven by 35-year-old Alan J. Kennedy, from Ida Grove, was southbound on Highway 59 west of Susan Lawrence Drive, when for reasons unknown, the car crossed the center line and entered the northbound lane before striking a 1999 Ford F-350 pickup that was pulling a livestock trailer. Kennedy suffered life-threatening injuries, and was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Sioux City. The driver of the pickup, 71-year-old Kenneth Ray Hurley, of Odebolt, was not injured.

The second crash happened at around 3:45-p.m. Saturday, northwest of Muscatine. The Patrol says a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 42-year-old Juan Carlos Sanchez, of Muscatine, was northbound on N. Mulberry Road, when the cycle went out of control, entered the east ditch, and rolled. Sanchez, and his passenger, 32-year-old Melissa Diane Gordy, of Muscatine, were injured and flown by separate helicopters to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. The crash remains under investigation, but authorities say alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor.

And, at around 8:35-p.m., Saturday, 61-year-old Gregg Thomas Obryant, of Sabula, Iowa, died when the 2001 Chevy Silverado pickup he was driving, left the U-S Highway 52 Sabula/Savanna Bridge, struck a guardrail and veered over-corrected, into the path of a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup. Obryant was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the other vehicle, and his passenger, both of whom are from Savanna, IL, were injured and transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital, in Clinton.

They were identified as 63-year-old John W. and 60-year-old Beth A. Ritchie. John Ritchie was not wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.