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(UPDATE) ISP releases names in a fatal Creston accident

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August 8th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – In an update to our earlier report, the Iowa State Patrol, Monday, released the names of two people involved in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night, in Creston. The Patrol says a male passenger in the car, 27-year-old Young Seok Moon, of Creston, died at the hospital, from injuries suffered in the crash. The driver, 26-year-old Myung Jo Kang, of Creston, was injured and flown to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

As previously mentioned, that crash happened at around 9:45-p.m. Saturday, in Creston. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2001 Ford Mustang was traveling south on Highway 25 in Creston, when the driver lost control near the intersection of Sumner and Howard Streets.

The car left the roadway to the left and struck a parked vehicle before vaulting and striking the front of two houses on the east side of the road. The vehicle flipped over and came to rest on its top at 313 Sumner Avenue.

Both occupants were wearing their seat belts.  The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by Creston Police and the Union County Sheriff’s Office.