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Eastern Iowa crash results in a fatality

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March 2nd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Urbana, Iowa) – A collision Friday afternoon in eastern Iowa’s Benton County resulted in one person killed, another injured. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2022 GMC Sierra pickup was traveling south in the 5100 block of Iowa Highway 150 in Urbana at around 3:47-p.m., at the same time a 2013 Jeep Patriot SUV was traveling northbound. For reasons unknown, the Jeep entered the southbound lanes and collided head-on with the pickup.

The driver of the SUV died at the scene. The driver of the pickup was transported to the University of Iowa Hospital. No names were released, pending notification of family.