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1 dead, another injured in a southern Iowa UTV crash Sunday evening

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August 14th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Liberty, Iowa) – A UTV accident Sunday evening in southern Iowa claimed the life of a man from Osceola. The Iowa State Patrol reports 24-year-old Dignan Ray Forry died, and 24-year-old Kaylie Jo Burke, of Carlisle, was injured, when the UTV they were riding in topped a hill at 2827 Scott Street in Clarke County, and went out of control.

The UTV, which was traveling at a high rate of speed, entered the south ditch and rolled over before coming to rest in a field on the south side of the road. Forry and Burke were ejected from the machine. Forry died at the scene. Burke was transported by Life Net Mercy to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

The crash happened at around 4:30-p.m. Neither of the victims were wearing seat belts.