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Fatal crash in Jasper County Friday night

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May 13th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Collins, Iowa) – A wrong-way car collided with a semi Friday night in Jasper County, killing the car’s driver. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2020 KIA Soul driven by 79-year-old Ronald Vasey, of Maxwell, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Highway 65 near Collins, at around 10:30-p.m., when the vehicle collided with a 2018 Freightliner driven by 39-year-old Martin Cory, of Cedar Rapids. Vasey died at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and EMS assisted at the crash scene.