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2 dead, 2 injured in a central Iowa crash

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June 24th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Indianola, Iowa) –  A crash involving three pickup trucks Friday afternoon south of Indianola, resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two others. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 4:47-p.m. on southbound Highway 69, just north of 128th Avenue.

According to the report, a 2008 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 47-year-old Darrel Dean Davisson, of Boxholm, crossed the center-line of northbound Highway 69 and traveling into the southbound lane. The pickup sideswiped a 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 67-year-old Wanda Gail Lydon, of Indianola, before striking head-on,  a 2018 Chevy Silverado driven by 38-year-old Shane Caleb Estes, of New Virginia.

Davisson, and a passenger in the Estes pickup died at the scene. Shane Estes suffered serious injuries and was flown by Life Flight helicopter to Methodist Hospital, in Des Moines. Wanda Lydon suffered minor injuries. She was treated and released.

The crash remains under investigation.