(Leon, Iowa) –  A crash Friday night east of Leon, in Decatur County, claimed two  lives, and resulted in two people being injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 7:40-p.m., at Highway 2 and Lineville Road, when the driver of a 2019 Chevy Equinox failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of the two roads. The SUV struck a 2023 Chevy pickup, causing the driver of the SUV, 55-year-old Robin Ann Reaves, of Urbandale, and her front seat passenger, 46-year-old Lance Eugene Reaves, of Lineville, to be ejected. Both died at the scene.

The driver of the pickup, 36-year-old Levi Clark Merritt, of Osceola, was transported to the Decatur County Hospital for treatment of what were described as non-life threatening injuries. A 10-year-old juvenile male passenger in the pickup was  treated for injuries, and released.

None of the accident victims were wearing seat belts.